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noun

Topknot n.

A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an ornamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women. "A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot."

(Zool.) A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species.

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Etymology of 'Topknot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Topknot" Quotes from Famous Books

... my dear sir, that these resplendent gentlemen are manufactured wares, the work of merchants with highly complex brains, who to fashion a ridiculous Chicken have taken a wing from that one, a topknot from this. I say that in such Cocks nothing remains of the true Cock. They are Cocks of shreds and patches, idle bric-a-brac, fit to figure in a catalogue, not in a barnyard with its decent dunghill and ...

— Chantecler - Play in Four Acts • Edmond Rostand

... stalking across the lawn with that old snuff stick of hers stuck in the corner of her mouth, and singing that terrible song of hers at the very top of her lungs and wearing that scandalous old straw hat stuck up on her topknot—that was bad enough, goodness knows! I don't know what sort of people Har—Mr. Winslow thinks we must be! But that was only ...

— From Place to Place • Irvin S. Cobb

... an idiot, I'm after hearing my voice this day saying words would raise the topknot on a poet in a merchant's town. I've won your ...

— The Playboy of the Western World • J. M. Synge

... was short and roly-poly, with a little round mouth and big round eyes, and a curlicue of topknot that he wagged in emphasis as a unicorn might brandish his horn. Mr. Harnden considered that he was a good talker. He was considerably piqued by Britt's apparent failure to get interested, although the banker was making ...

— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day

... "I'm going to lock you up tomorrow, for if anyone so much as rumples your noble topknot I'll cut him to ribbons—so'll Jack. Now kick us, and go to bed. We've been a pair of braying asses, and you're ...

— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris

Words linked to "Topknot" : headdress