tops-and-bottoms

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English

Noun

tops-and-bottoms pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.
    • c. 1843, Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Egg:
      'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt.

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