| 单词 | bell-topper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbell-topper bell-topper n. a ‘topper’, or top-hat, esp. one of old-fashioned type with a bell-shaped crown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat stovepipe1851 bell-topper1858 top hat1881 tile-hat1937 1858 W. Kelly Life in Victoria I. xvi. 268 Bell-topper was the derisive name given by diggers to [an] old style hat, supposed to indicate the dandy swell. 1858 W. Kelly Life in Victoria I. xvi. 268 Merchants ventured to the Chamber of Commerce in the regular British ‘bell-topper’, some of the nattier going the length of sporting kid gloves. 1871 Fav. Reciter (Simpkin) 6 A bell-topper hat. 1888 B. L. Farjeon Miser Farebrother II. i. 3 On his head the shiniest of belltoppers. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xxxi. 274 Sitting next to him was a ‘swell’ whose belltopper Kidman was quietly admiring. < as lemmas |
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