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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOPPIECE

TOPPIECE Top "piece `, n.

Defn: A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.

New American Oxford Dictionary

toppie

toppie 1 |ˈtɒpi | ▶noun ( pl. toppies ) an African bulbul (songbird ) with a black or dark brown head and crest. ●Genus Pycnonotus, family Pycnonotidae: several species. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from topknot .

toppie

toppie 2 |ˈtɒpi | ▶noun ( pl. toppies ) S. African informal a middle-aged or elderly man. ORIGIN 1960s: perhaps from Zulu thopi ‘growing sparsely ’ (describing thinning hair ), or from Hindi ṭopī ‘hat ’.

Oxford Dictionary

toppie

toppie 1 |ˈtɒpi | ▶noun ( pl. toppies ) an African bulbul (songbird ) with a black or dark brown head and crest. ●Genus Pycnonotus, family Pycnonotidae: several species. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from topknot .

toppie

toppie 2 |ˈtɒpi | ▶noun ( pl. toppies ) S. African informal a middle-aged or elderly man. ORIGIN 1960s: perhaps from Zulu thopi ‘growing sparsely ’ (describing thinning hair ), or from Hindi ṭopī ‘hat ’.