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n. A pith helmet
Usage examples of "solar topee".
He was one of those Englishmen who, solar topee cocked, go out in the midday sun without raising a sweat.
She sat in the back seat of the Ford with a scarf knotted under her chin, holding her solar topee on her head, and every few minutes Garry darted a loving glance at her like an amorous fox terrier paying court to a bulldog.
Peering down at us was a pair of faces, one surmounted by a solar topee, the other by a large hat and veil.
He, too, was dressed in 'whites', but wore a solar topee and had major's pips on the epaulettes of his shirt.
Albion had adopted what he believed to be proper archaeologist's attire: riding breeches and boots, a tweed coat, and a very large solar topee.
He bought a solar topee for twice its value in a Chinese shop, and he bought a guidebook for three times its English price from a very black Chittagonian who kept a stall, and he bought a bunch of bananas in the fruit market for almost its proper price from a young Burmese woman because he smiled at her and was friendly.