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[ red-top ] / ˈrɛdˌtɒp /
nounany of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage. Origin of redtopAn Americanism dating back to 1785–95; red1 + top1 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for redtopThe original cash cow of the Murdoch newspapers was his red-top daily, The Sun. Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine|Clive Irving|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But here the other week I found myself able to buy me some red-top boots with brass toes on 'em. From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb Of the two sub-varieties, some cultivators prefer the Green-top; others, the Rose-colored or Red-top. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing Burr I can remember there was a pair of red-top boots that was exceedingly jealous of us. The Holy Cross and Other Tales|Eugene Field
The red-top were afore him, and I tryin' to make what become to him. The Trespasser, Complete|Gilbert Parker Himself, he trembled; for he knew that he was looking—not at an ordinary cloud, but at Red-Top Plume himself, the great cloud god! Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park|James Willard Schultz
British Dictionary definitions for redtop
nouna tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism Word Origin for red-topC20: from the colour of the masthead on these publications Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |