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Topping
·adj Fine; gallant.
II. Topping ·adj Rising above; surpassing.
III. Topping ·adj Hence, assuming s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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topping
Fine; gallant; proud; assuming superiority.--Johnson. Webster. In New England much used among the co...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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topping
Pretentious; as, topping the officer; also, fine, gallant, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fellow
·noun An equal in power, rank, character, ·etc.
II. Fellow ·noun A person; an <<Individual>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fellow
A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?"
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rum topping
A rich commode, or woman's head-dress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping cheat
The gallows. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping cove
The hangman. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping man
A rich man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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boot-topping
The old operation of scraping off the grass, slime, shells, &c., which adhere to the bottom, near th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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topping-lifts
Those lifts which support a spar, davit, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fellow-commoner
·noun A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fellow-creature
·noun One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fellow-feeling
·noun Joint interest.
II. Fellow-feeling ·noun Sympathy; a like feeling.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hail-fellow
·noun An intimate companion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Odd Fellow
·- A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, establish...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vow-fellow
·noun One bound by the same vow as another.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yoke-fellow
(Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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crusty fellow
A surly fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dapper fellow
A smart, well-made, little man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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deft fellow
A neat little man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fellow commoner
An empty bottle: so called at the university of Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jemmy fellow
A smart spruce fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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niffynaffy fellow
A trifler.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fellow-countrymen
This word is often used by public speakers. It is improper, as the last word expresses the meaning o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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a sliverly fellow
vir subdolus vafer, dissimulator, veterator.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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davit-topping-lift
A rope made fast to the outer end of a davit, and rove through a block made fast to a vessel's mast ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pudding-headed fellow
A stupid fellow, one whose brains are all in confusion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin-panniebly-fellow
a miserable, covetous, suspicious fellow, one who pins up or fastens his paniers and baskets. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a blasted fellow or brimstone
An abandoned rogue or prostitute. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose