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tops-and-bottoms

tops-and-bottoms noun: small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.

Noun

tops-and-bottoms pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.
    • 'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt.c. 1843, Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Egg

Questions about tops-and-bottoms

What does tops-and-bottoms mean?
Tops-and-bottoms means small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.
What part of speech is tops-and-bottoms?
Tops-and-bottoms is a noun.

Words near tops-and-bottoms in the dictionary

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  6. tops-and-bottoms
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  8. Topsail Beach
  9. topsails
  10. topsawyer
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