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topper
noun- a remark or action that serves as the coup de grâce of a conversation or series of events US, 1939
- It looks like old Mr. Stumpnagler, what’s owned the building ever since I can remember, has had a couple of years of bad luck, his wife dying being the topper. — Robert Campbell, Nibbled to Death by Ducks, p. 216, 1989
- a criminal who represents the interests of a cheque forger UK
- a minder, known as a topper, to keep an eye on the dropper, make sure he doesn’t pocket the crinkle [money] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 81, 1956
- in circus and carnival usage, a featured act US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 277, 1981
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