His long hair, pure white, was twisted up in a kind of topknot and fastened there by pins of dull gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness and Dawn] Reference

He kissed her hand and then the "topknot" as he called the point into which her hair was gathered at the crown of her head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great God Success] Reference

Dem what put all dem gray hair up dere on my topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference

"Look at the topknot of the fellow we have in the wagon.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference

At least now she could twist it ruthlessly into a topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irresistible]

If the world on you should frown, your topknot must come down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brisk Young Widow] Reference

The grizzled topknot swung as he shook his head in irritation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fires of Heaven]

The unlucky hens, two speckled and one white with a topknot, as.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference

"Bless my topknot; certainly, yes!" joined in Mr. Damon, eagerly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference

A few strands of pale hair had shaken loose from a messy topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ricochet]

Tika grabbed Tas by his topknot and pulled him toward the kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]

Slowly she elbowed close to the man with the gray-streaked topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fires of Heaven]

Tas led the way, skipping merrily, his topknot bouncing behind him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]

But even then Peace did not release her grip on the lad's thick topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lilac Lady] Reference

His beard hung thin, youthfully black, his hair was drawn into a topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boat of a Million Years]

He's wearing fatigues, as if in combat, and has a topknot of rust-colored hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Chile, Colossal Trouble On Easter Island] Reference

The kender was covered from topknot to toes in a thick, white, pasty substance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]

A stray tendril of hair flopped out of her topknot; she irritably raked it away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

His eyes were light; his ears were curled; his head exhibited the fatal topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flush: a biography] Reference

"Or I'll take you by the topknot and tie you to a tree as a warning to all kenders -".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]

You will wear red, with your hair in a topknot and your toe - and fingernails painted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Her hands held and caressed my shaved scalp and then clutched my tarred topknot of hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

With its pompom topknot and elongated body, the Dandie Dinmont is a curious-looking dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dog days for British breeds] Reference

She seized at his topknot of hair, but it did not even stir as her hands passed through it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

Her cheeks were raspberry-pink and her hair was gathered in a topknot tied with a white bow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

The fellow wore his hair fastened back with a band, unlike the topknot of the local tribesman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference

Inside the bowl was a thick white candle, and it had a curly black wick like a kewpie's topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference

The wind tugged her curls from her topknot and whipped them across her face, nearly blinding her.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Night Of Scandal]

A golden pinnacle that belongs to a discarded prop gives Matthau's floppy hat an Asiatic topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The big picture: on the set of Roman Polanski's movie Pirates, 1985] Reference

The man was bearded, wearing his thick mop of black hair in a round topknot secured by a hide loop.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference

In the photo, she stands barefoot in a lilac dress, her hair wrestled into submission in a topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tamar Abrams: Anya: From Foster Child to Potential Cover Girl] Reference

"What's that?" he asked her, rumpling his topknot in his usual fashion when he was puzzled or disturbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Janice Day Won] Reference

His topknot almost quivered with anger, and he looked eager to find something on which to use his sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Hunt]

Ashe allowed him a moment or two of noisy grief and then limped over to grasp his topknot and pull up his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference

She was wearing the soft shade of rose so complimentary to her coloring; her curls had been caught up in a loose topknot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

In his excitement his gray hair was ruffled up more like a cockatoo's topknot than usual, and his eyes seemed fairly to spark.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Janice Day Won] Reference

Unable to hide his head in his arms, he brought his face down upon his knees so that only his shaggy topknot of hair was exposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference