topee

Etymology

From Hindi टोपी (ṭopī)/Urdu ٹوپی (ṭōpī).

noun

  1. A pith helmet.
    I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it. 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, published 2011, page 203
    There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee. 1968, Paul Scott, “The Day of the Scorpion”, in The Raj Quartet, volume 2, published 1998, page 444
    '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.' 1979, Dudley Pope, Convoy, published 2001, page 138

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