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bell-topper

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a tall silk hat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This was a tall, elderly, erect man dressed in black broad-cloth, with a bell-topper and a very voluminous white choker.

“Nothing on earth to do there, and they wanted me to wear a bell-topper hat on Sunday.”

The frock coat had been "restored," the rag cap was abandoned in favour of a limp bell-topper, contributed by the family of a benevolent clergyman, and the tan boots were artistically blacked with stove polish.

They thowt they were big swells, and had on black coats, white shirts, stiff collars up to their ears, red and green neck-handkerchers, and bell-topper hats; so I just touched one of em on th' showder and said: 'Would you please tek your hats off to let th' lads see th' pictures?'

He was blazing drunk, was in evening dress, wore a black bell-topper, and kid gloves.

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