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Topknot   /tˈɑpnˌɑt/   Listen
Topknot

noun
1.
Headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair.
2.
Showy crest or knot of hair or feathers.





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"Topknot" Quotes from Famous Books



... vary in number, and according to a German superstition the hen lays as many eggs as the cock has feathers of this kind.[475] In Holland there was formerly, according to Temminck, a beautiful buff-yellow breed, furnished with an ample white topknot. Mr. Wilmot has described[476] a white turkey-cock with a crest formed of "feathers about four inches long, with bare quills, and a tuft of soft white down growing at the end." Many of the young birds whilst young inherited this kind of crest, but afterwards ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin
... wise caution, Baptiste got greatly excited, paced the floor, and cried out: "Hang de Indian anyhow; he may not be guilty now—mais he vare soon will be. Hang 'em all, parceque dey kill Monsieur Charles; dey take son topknot, vot you call im—scalp. Hang 'em, ...
— The Old Santa Fe Trail - The Story of a Great Highway • Henry Inman


Words linked to "Topknot" :   headgear, crest, headdress


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