topee
See also: topeé
English

A man, left, wearing a topee
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtəʊ.pi/
Noun
topee (plural topees)
- A pith helmet.
- 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, published 2011, page 203:
- I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it.
- 1979, Dudley Pope, Convoy, published 2001, page 138:
- 'Not a drop of perspiration on his face,' Ned had commented, 'and in the tropics now no one wears a topee, except certain regiments, and Peter the Planter's type of topee blows off in anything over a five-knot breeze.'
Synonyms
- (pith helmet): sola topee, solar topee
Spanish
Verb
topee
- inflection of topear:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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