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topper

[top-er] / ˈtɒp ər /


NOUN
opera hat
Synonyms


NOUN
top hat
Synonyms




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I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Find the best mattress topper for your sleep situation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Even the logo jumps out like a birthday cake topper, with the number “70” alternately blocky and rounded as if constructed out of frosting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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