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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
The near end of somewhere.
The patio is at the top of my garden.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
The shop is at the top of my street.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
The highest or uppermost part of something.
His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
Origin: From , toppe, from , from , from , of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically (<< ). Cognate with , , , , Zopf, , , , , , , and , . The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to and dop in this sense, against Standard , and having this sense. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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