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topsy
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Topsy (circa 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant put to death at a Coney Island , New York amusement park by electrocution in January 1903. Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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slave-girl character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852), immortal in cliche for her response to a question about her origin put to her by the pious Northern abolitionist Miss Ophelia:\n\n"Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy?"\n The child looked bewildered, ...
Usage examples of topsy.
Used tae think eh wis it, wi that shite band him n Topsy hud, but top-quality fanny widnae look at urn until eh goat ehs decks n ehs club nights n ehs wad ay cash.
Her world was suddenly topsy turvy she must get away, fly from everyone.
Of course with everything topsy - turvy the way it is nowadays, perhaps you would!
Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence.
Roland dismounted, partly out of respect for the horse, partly out of respect for himself - he didn't want to break a leg under Topsy if Topsy chose this moment to give up and canter into the clearing at the end of his path.
Apart from her lively procession of field-hands, house niggers, Chloe, Topsy, etc.
Topsy was cited, and had up before all the domestic judicatories, time and again.
Tray chairs fur Muster Casey Valentoon in a roustering vendition of 'Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake,' the topsiest mnoment of a quarky under-parformance.