I had long ago learned to relish fish and meat which they call "topee," and which civilized people denominate "rotten". From Wordnik.com. [Schwatka's Search] Reference
"topee," for one-third of the price he would pay in London; and this will be his only wear, before sunset, until he again reaches a temperate climate. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
In prison, they make punks a forced “boyfriend” sit down topee. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Stand Up and Urinate Like a Man:] Reference
May 8, 2008 at 2:03 pm jars o peenuts budder krazi nahbers topee luki 4 leafs clowvers m. From Wordnik.com. [this is the LAST TIME - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
On her head was a battered solar topee of immense antiquity which she found convenient as an eye-shade. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
Whereupon he was shown my cork topee, which he tried on his woolly head, much to his own and to our amusement. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
Marri spoke a precise, hesitant, whispering English that, combined with his robe and beige topee and the setting, gave him a certain charisma. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Fatal Shore] Reference
Ladies, who are rightly more particular as to the appearance of even so unlovely a thing as a sola topee, would do well, perhaps, to buy theirs before starting. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
He wore a solar topee and his gauntlet driving gloves. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Peer]
I've a new topee to charge against one or other of the Viceroys or. From Wordnik.com. [From Edinburgh to India & Burmah] Reference
"That man in the white suit with the round white topee is the collector.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
Now and then I caught a glimpse of a European, cool and comfortable in topee and white linen. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China] Reference
I dislike them, as they heat and oppress the head, and always prefer a light topee and an umbrella. From Wordnik.com. [Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore] Reference
As he concluded, a spare, middle-aged man wearing a large topee and a dust-coloured suit approached and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma] Reference
It was the captain who spoke, a bluff, hearty man, who looked oddly out of place in white linen and a solar topee. From Wordnik.com. [The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa] Reference
Neb., has now to be discarded in favor of a huge pith solar topee an inch thick and but little smaller than an umbrella. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
And as she looked, two white spots, a crested turban and a solar topee, appeared over the edge of the bank, moving towards her. From Wordnik.com. [Six Women] Reference
A tall woman in a riding habit and a solar topee, standing very straight, looking very straight at you, under the shadow of the topee. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Olivier: a Life] Reference
Back in a tram-car, an excellent place to sketch faces, your topee over your eyes, and sketch book behind a newspaper -- no one knows you are drawing. From Wordnik.com. [From Edinburgh to India & Burmah] Reference
The rain had turned the pith of his huge and snowy solah-topee into an evil-smelling dough, and it had closed on his head like a half-opened mushroom. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Tales from the Hills] Reference
The passage money is six hundred rupees; the outfit, good English boots, cool clothes, a solar topee, and a revolver -- and a medicine-chest might come in handy. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma] Reference
Her long limbs and boyish figure delighted his artistic eye, while the white topee hat, with the long blue veil, failed to hide the attractive carriage of her head. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
And if you’re lucky you do it without being told how topee. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Stand Up and Urinate Like a Man:] Reference
“A green tent, I fancy, Gar darling, a solar topee and a pair of grandfather’s boots.”. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
Hawkes’ patent cork solar topee on his head, a most unusual thing in Ugogo, who came walking past him, and there were. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
A pair of long-legged khaki trousers ludicrously patched with Chinese blue, a tweed coat of London cut also patched with Chinese blue, and a battered Elswood topee. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
I'm not the sort to wear a topee but it looked good! ". From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] Reference
A topee tilted back. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
There was danger under the shadow of the topee. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Olivier: a Life] Reference
I tried on a topee the other day. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] Reference
A well pipe-clayed topee in one hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
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