black topping

A form of black top — A middle-market tabloid; a tabloid newspaper aimed at the middle class, perceived as having intermediate journalistic standards between a broadsheet and a red top.

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of black top
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APA

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