top-hole

[ top-hohl ]
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adjectiveBritish Slang.

Origin of top-hole

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; top1 + hole

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How to use top-hole in a sentence

  • "Here, you let my friend Uncle Wiggily alone," and then some one scrambled down through the top hole of the bear's den.

    Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
  • Of all the tricks and devices at the command of the top-hole rogue it was the very safest to play.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Last term we had a top-hole set of chaps, and I loved Fernhurst, but I am not going to stick here now.

    The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
  • It would have been top-hole to trot about in list slippers and pat the hot asphalte down with those things they use.

    The Right Stuff | Ian Hay
  • top-hole time I had too, till the day before the Armistice when my luck gave out and I took a nasty toss.

    Huntingtower | John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for top-hole

top-hole

interjection, adjectiveBritish informal
  1. excellent; splendid

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