old top
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
- (colloquial, dated) Familiar term of address.
- 1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182:
- Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.