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Meanings of cylinder hat in English

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Man's silk hat with high cylindrical crown.

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        Examples for "topper"
        Examples for "topper"
        1
        Will he replace John Bruton as the leading poll-topper in the State?
        The Irish Times
        2
        You seem to me to have the making of an absolute topper!
        Something New
        3
        The answer is in the feather topper used by the professionals.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The boy inspected the old blue coat, the topper, and the worn gloves.
        Bambi
        5
        Texas hit the stage with aplomb, launching straight into recent chart-topper In Demand.
        The Irish Times
        1
        The man wore a tall beaver hat and a long frock coat.
        Lonesome dove
        2
        His blue surtout beaver hat accorded ill with his Indian leggings and moccassins.
        Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
        3
        Rather hostile eyes glared at her from under his beaver hat.
        Rakes and radishes
        4
        It was an old beaver hat crushed flat, and covered with mildew and dirt.
        The Island Home
        5
        A frock coat and tall beaver hat completed his costume.
        The Portland Peerage Romance
        1
        Hanging up the gray top hat, he went in search of her.
        The Freelands
        2
        PUT on your top hat, tie and tails... on second thoughts, don't.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Straightening her cravat and top hat, she led the three men out.
        Blameless
        4
        I've got fitted for my top hat and tails yesterday, and shoes.
        The Guardian
        5
        He picked up his top hat but made no move to leave.
        Drood: a novel
        Usage of cylinder hat in English
        1
        He had on an old cylinder hat which had evidently seen good service, and yet became him remarkably.
        Cambridge Sketches
        2
        I enjoyed it a good deal, and assisted in so far as to pelt all the people in cylinder hats with handfuls of confetti.
        Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2.
        3
        I could now understand the advertisements of "secondhand cylinder hats for sale," which I had noticed, the day before, in the newspapers of the Canton.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 / A Magaz...