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Definition of Topknot
1. Noun. Headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair.
2. Noun. Showy crest or knot of hair or feathers.
Definition of Topknot
1. n. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.
Definition of Topknot
1. Noun. a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head; sometimes having ribbons or feathers ¹
2. Noun. a decorative headdress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topknot
1. an ornament for the hair [n -S]
Medical Definition of Topknot
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1. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women. "A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot." (Sir W. Scott)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Topknot
Literary usage of Topknot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reading-literature: Seventh Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free, Thomas Henry Briggs (1911)
"One little hen had a pretty topknot. She was very proud of it. ... She wanted
every one to see her topknot. She would say, "Cluck, cluck, cluck! ..."
2. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"... topknot. (Rhombus norvegicus, Gthr. = Scophthalmus norvegicus, Smitt.)
Mr Cunningham found on July 9th specimens, at first thought to be ..."
3. The New Far East by Arthur Diósy (1904)
"CHAPTER II PARTING, PIGTAIL, AND topknot. THE wayward climate of the British
Isles plays strange pranks. To compensate for blizzards in June, ..."
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