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topeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).
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Borrowed from Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗topeEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗topeEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Borrowed from Hindi तोप (top), which in turn is borrowed from Classical Persian توپ (tōp). Ultimately loaned from a Turkic word, which is derived from Proto-Turkic *top. Compare Turkish top.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TopeEnglish · e-38700-5293
Tope, tōp, v.i. to drink hard or to excess: to tipple:—pr.p. tō′ping; pa.p. tōped.—n. Tō′per, a drunkard. [From tope, an obs. verb 'to drink hard,' from the phrase to top off, sig. 'to drink off at one draught.']
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Tope, tōp, n. a Buddhist tumulus for the preservation of relics, of more or less solid masonry, in which the relics are deposited—the oldest spherical, others having polygonal bases, originally crowned with an umbrella-s
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Tope, tōp, n. a small species of British shark—the Miller's dog and Penny dog.
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