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View synonyms for top-hole

top-hole

[ top-hohl ]

adjective

, British Slang.


top-hole

interjection

  1. excellent; splendid


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Word History and Origins

Origin of top-hole1

First recorded in 1895–1900; top 1 + hole

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Example Sentences

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

Of all the tricks and devices at the command of the top-hole rogue it was the very safest to play.

Last term we had a top-hole set of chaps, and I loved Fernhurst, but I am not going to stick here now.

It would have been top-hole to trot about in list slippers and pat the hot asphalte down with those things they use.

Top-hole time I had too, till the day before the Armistice when my luck gave out and I took a nasty toss.

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