Lexicographical Neighbors of Topnotchers
Literary usage of Topnotchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Educational Problems by Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"... even if it did make things whiter, was not suitable for real Vere de Vere
families or for climbers who would be true topnotchers. She had also given him ..."
2. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by by National Collegiate Athletic Association, Walter Camp (1915)
"... the topnotchers of the South. University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt,—Although
the scores would indicate that Vermont had an inferior team, ..."
3. Chick Evans' Golf Book by Charles Evans (1921)
"... him among the topnotchers." In general the kindly notices I received from the
golf writers of Chicago—EG Westlake, JG Davis, Joseph Ryan, ..."
4. Postal Riders and Raiders by W H Gantz (1912)
"Such as these for instance : "Did those topnotchers really know the business of
their office?" "If they did know, why did they troll you around for an hour ..."
5. The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Evangeline Booth, Grace Livingston Hill (1919)
"... some of the other societies are, but they are the topnotchers of them all as
the soldiers' friend, and their handouts always come at the right time. ..."
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