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Tip-top. World English Historical Dictionary

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Tip-top. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Bibliographic Record Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022. Tip-top subs. adj. and adv. (colloquial).—The best; first-rate; in the highest degree: hence TIP-TOPPER (GROSE).

1   ENGLISH SYNONYMS.  A1; about East; about right; above par; all brandy; all there; all the way; as good as they make it; as good as wheat; at par; bang up; Bible; bobbish; boiler-plated; bona; bully; cheery; the cheese; cheesy; chic; clean potato; clean wheat; clinking; clipping; crack; creamy; crushing; a corker; a daisy; dossy; downy; down to the ground; doubled-distilled; first chop; first-rate-and-a-half; fizzing; fly; gamey; hunky; jammy; jonnick; lummy; nap; out-and-out; pink; plummy; proper; pure quill; real jam; right as ninepence; ripping; rooter; rum; screaming; scrumptious; ship-shape; slap-up; slick; splash up; splendacious; splendiferous; to the knocker; to the nines; to rights; true marmalade; tsing-tsing; up to Dick. See also WHOPPER.

2   FRENCH SYNONYMS.  Abracadabrant; aux petits oignons; aux pommes; bath (or bate); du flan; hurf; un peu ça; bath aux pommes; chenâtre; chic (or chicque); chicard; chicancardo; chicandard; chocnoso; chocnosof; chocnosogue; koscnoff; chouette; chouettard; chouettaud; épatant; épatarouflant; farineux; flambant; frais (ironically); grand’largue (sailors’); mirobolant; muche; numero un; obéliscal; ruisselant d’inouisme; rup (or rupin); schpile; sgoff; snoboye; superlifico (or superlificoquentieux) = splendiferous; tapé.

3   d. 1720.  VANBRUGH, A Journey to London, iii. 1. Everything that accomplishes a fine lady is practised … she herself is at the very TIP-TOP of it. Ibid., The Provoked Husband, iii. 1. Lady Grace. O! in TIP-TOP spirits.

4   1766.  GOLDSMITH, The Vicar of Wakefield, ix. What appeared amiss was ascribed to TIP-TOP quality breeding.

5   1772.  BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 361. They’re of the very TIP-TOP breed.

6   1841.  THACKERAY, The Great Hoggarty Diamond, iv. He was at the West End on Thursday, asked to dine, ma’am, with the TIP-TOP nobs.

7   1866.  G. ELIOT, Felix Holt, xvii. He has that kind of language; and I needn’t tell you, Mr. Transome, that it’s the apex, which, I take it, means the TIPTOP—and nobody can get higher than that, I think.

8   1866.  The London Miscellany, 3 March, 57, 3, ‘London Revelations.’ No little let-down for a cove that’s been TIP-TOPPER in his time.

9   1874.  BEETON, The Siliad, 92.        While shop-boys, trying TIP-TOP swells to be, Have robbed the till, and call for S. and B.

10   1885.  The Field, 26 Dec. Several other TIP-TOPPERS being behind the pair. Ibid. (1886), 23 Jan. I promised to provide them with TIP-TOP shooting for one season.

11   1888.  F. R. STOCKTON, The Dusantes, in The Century Magazine, xxxv. Feb., 621. ‘That suits us TIP-TOP, ma’am,’ said the coxswain.

12   1891.  F. W. CAREW, No. 747. being the Autobiography of a Gipsy, 416. As fly a bewer, she were, as ever chucked a stall, a reg’lar TIP-TOP tamtart.

13   1899.  R. WHITEING, No. 5 John Street, v. You should see ’em goin’ out o’ Sat’d’y nights. TIPTOP! Won’t speak to nobody.

14   1900.  LYNCH, High Stakes, xxxii. I’ve lost my bearings; used to know all the TIP-TOP fences—see!

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