Top

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:

    “There is Lowell, who’s striving Parnassus to climb
    With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme,
    He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders,
    But he can’t with that bundle he has on his shoulders,
    The top of the hill he will ne’er come nigh reaching
    Till he learns the distinction ‘twixt singing and preaching;
    James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)

    One day He
    tipped His top hat
    and walked
    out of the room,
    ending the argument.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    Oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and the higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)