topee

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English

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A man, left, wearing a topee

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Etymology

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From Hindi टोपी (ṭopī)/Urdu ٹوپی (ṭōpī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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topee (plural topees)

  1. A pith helmet.
    • 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, published 2011, page 203:
      I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it.
    • 1968, Paul Scott, “The Day of the Scorpion”, in The Raj Quartet[1], volume 2, published 1998, page 444:
      There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee.
    • 1979, Dudley Pope, Convoy, published 2001, page 138:
      'Not a drop of perspiration on his face,' Ned had commented, 'and in the tropics now no one wears a topee, except certain regiments, and Peter the Planter's type of topee blows off in anything over a five-knot breeze.'

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Verb

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topee

  1. inflection of topear:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative