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His little girl is up in one o' them rooms — one o' the toppest. The firemen and the 'scapes are all t'other side o1 the building.
1886, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, One Thing Needful: A Novel, page 562 more examples
The withered wreath was brushed away from the "toppest" stone, but in its place was laid the polished shaft, of which the floral offering had been indeed the earnest.
1872, Emma Elizabeth Brown, From Night to LightFrom these parturitions gods may really proceed—beings, that is, who, could we remain long enough to see them, would regard us as we regard the apes. Meanwhile, on those toppest floors, the eager sun, aslant, shuttles the mounting roar.
1905, “New York from the Flatiron”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 33, page 389
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