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English
Noun
tops-and-bottoms pl (plural only)
- (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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