10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOPLOFTICAL»
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1
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
See Top, subs. Toplofty, adj.phr. (American). —Pretentious ; bombastic ;
highfalutin (q.v.) : also toploftical. 1879. Congregationalist, 17 Dec. Toploftical
talking . . . and inflammatory speeches. Topo'reeb,stibs. phr. (back slang).—Apot
of beer.
He is rashly fond of an argument, and his eternal misfortune is to get the whole
house arrayed against him. He is a long, lank Irishman. The other gentlemen of
importance are Mr. Pottery, Mr. Doodle and Mr. Toploftical. Discussion opens.
Mark Twain, Edgar Marquess Branch, Robert H. Hirst
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Intimate With Walt: Whitmans Conversataions With Horace Traubel
... said: “I seem to mystify them—rather mystify than antagonize them”: which I
guess was true. I seem to make them mad—rile them: I mystify them, too, but they
don't know it: they only know I am vile, indecent, perverted, adulterous. Toploftical
...
Horace Traubel, Gary Schmidgall, 2001
4
A glossary of words used in the wapentakes of Manley and ...
George hed a toploftical waaistcoat on, foher or five culers i' it, an' he sent th'
pudding sauce reight doon th' frunt. — W.E.H., Kirton-in-Lindsey, 1853. " Very
toploftical, to be sure. ' — Blackwood's Mag., 1823, vol. xiv., p. 104. TOPPIN. — (1
) A ...
5
The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
Here, for example, we find the narrator using one of Mangan's favourite words "
toploftical." "Public" becomes angry and rudely states "Toploftical! pah! Do you
think I will tolerate such rebel English" (Mangan 22). Toploftical means "highflown
," ...
6
Streaks of Squatter of Life, and Far-west Scenes: A Series ...
exclaimed the old woman, "if they don't make a change in your talk — you're gittin
' right toploftical." After many thanks on our hero's part, and much admiration on
the part of his friends, he received permission to wander forth and see his old ...
John S. Robb, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1843
7
A Kentucky Cardinal (Illustrated)
With hima sort ofcousin, who lives in newyork state; and after A fewdaysof
toploftical strutting around town, and a pussillanimous Crack or two over the back
-garden fence at my birds, they went away Again, to the home of this new york
cousin, ...
8
The Sisters-in-Law: A Novel of Our Time
Your toploftical pride, I suppose. Well, I must have a good plebeian streak in me
somewhere and for the first time I was glad of it. When I left him he looked
shrunken to half his natural size. His eyes looked like a dead fish's and all the
muscles ...
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, 2009
9
The Dublin University Magazine
Selber's toploftical disdain of human applause is the only great thing about him,
except his cloak. It is refreshing to meet with a man whose esteem you can gain
only by touching him with a icrowbar. B. A. H. I Twaddle, mere twadclle. What are
...
Well, I take the liberty to differ from you,” returned Trix, putting up her glass, and
bestowing upon Polly her most “ toploftical stare,” as the girls called it. I regret to
say that Polly never could talk with or be near Trix without feeling irritated and ...
