tops-and-bottoms

noun

Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.

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nountops-and-bottoms pl (plural only)
  1. archaicpluralplural onlySmall rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.

    'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt.

    c. 1843, Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Egg
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