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Webster 1913 Edition


Tops-and-bottoms

Tops′-and-botˊtoms

,
Noun.
pl.
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, – used as food for infants.
’T is said that her
top-and-bottoms
were gilt.
Hood.

Definition 2024


tops-and-bottoms

tops-and-bottoms

English

Noun

tops-and-bottoms pl (plural only)

  1. (dated) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven, formerly used as food for infants.
    'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt. Hood.