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betoppered en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of be-toppered.
   alt of be-toppered
   • Among the many veiled or black-betoppered faces registering distaste in his direction, Watson was surprised to see a good many Chinamen. 1984, William Rushton, “The Plot Thickens at Number Ten”, in W.G. Grace’s Last Case or The War of the Worlds - Part Two, Methuen, published 1985, →ISBN, page 173:
   • The betoppered “bottle-necker” shelters from the wrath of the Mexican Chief. 1930 August 1, “Private Flying and Club News”, in Flight, number 1127 (volume XXII, issue 31), number 31, page 864:
   • This might seem heretical, for discount houses, with their silk-betoppered representatives and their excellent lunches might appear the very core of the City. 1981 October 22, “Are the discount houses clever enough to survive in a gyrating money market?”, in Hamish McRae, editor, The Guardian, London, page 18: