A top (also called spinning top or spintop) is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point.
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Famous quotes containing the word top:
“The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you cant ignore it, top it; if you cant top it, laugh at it; if you cant laugh at it, its probably deserved.”
—Russell Lynes (b. 1910)
“She might have been old once and now, miraculously, young againbut with the memory of that other life intact. She seemed to know the world down there in the dark hall and beyond for what it was. Yet knowing, she still longed to leave this safe, sunlit place at the top of the house for the challenge there.”
—Paule Marshall (b. 1929)
“We have to have wars now and then just to prove were top dog.”
—Reginald Berkeley (18901935)