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The signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candleThe signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candle. The last of them to cry "top" had to snuff the candle.
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Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)The signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candle. The last of them to cry "top" had to snuff the candle.
Examples
1465 sentencesTom is the top dog here.
Тут Том керує парадом. — deniko
We stood on the top of the mountain.
Ми стояли на верхівці гори. — lingvokrolik
ruМы стояли на вершине горы. — odexed
There is a restaurant on the top floor.
На верхньому поверсі є ресторан. — ChickenKiev
They finally reached the top of the mountain.
Вони нарешті досягли вершини гори. — aandrusiak
ruОни наконец достигли вершины горы. — marafon
Tom is at the top of his class.
Том — найкращий учень у класі. — deniko
deTom ist der Beste in seiner Klasse. — wolfgangth
Origin
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest;From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- the top shelf
- the top of
- top shelf
- top of the
- reach the top
- at the top
- on the top
- on top of
- the top drawer
- in the top
- top of his
- to the top
See also
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