topknotn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpnɒt/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌnɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, knot n.¹

Etymology: < top n.¹ + knot n.¹ Compare headknot n. at head n.¹ Compounds 1a(a).

a. A woman's headdress; spec. a tall headdress made of ribbons, lace, and linen frills usually supported by a wire frame, in fashion in the late 17th and early 18th centuries; = fontange n. Now historical.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other

dorlot1340

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coif1617

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egreta1645

drail1647

topknotc1686

slop1688

Burgundy1701

bandore1708

fly-cap1753

capriole1756

lappet-head1761

fly1773

turban1776

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war bonnet1845

taj1851

pugree1859

kennel1896

roach1910

Deely bobber1982

1668 T. Jones Brit. Lang. in its Lustre Penguwch, gwallt gosod: counterfeit Hair, a Top-knot, a Periwig.

?1670 Invincible Pride of Women (single sheet) I Have a Wife, the more's my Care, who like a gaudy Peacock goes, In Top-knots, Patches, Powder'd Hair.

c1686–8 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 21 The lofty Top-knots on her crown,..Makes me with care, alas! look down.

1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 51 Let me beg thee..to insert a polite History of Hoop-Petticoats, Top-Knots,..and all that.

1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. Introd. p. viii Obliged to compel..a fellow-knight or squire to restore the top-knot of ribbon which he had stolen from a fair damsel.

2006 V. Sherrow Encycl. Hair 134 The fontange, sometimes called a ‘top knot’, arose by accident in 1680.

b. Hair tied up or pinned into a knot or bun on the top of the head; a hairstyle in which long hair is arranged in this way.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > topknot > [noun]

toppingc1400

copping1688

toupee1731

1692 J. Edwards Enq. Four Remarkable Texts New Test. ii. 87 It is probable this fantastick Top-knot of their own hair is taken notice of and reproved by St Paul.

1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) iii. 41 A Bishareen Arab wears his hair in hundreds of minute plaits..surmounted by a circular bushy topknot upon the crown.

1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes ii. xi. 24 Her hair be dressed like Spartan maid, With comely top-knot upwards tied.

1968 Blackwood's Mag. 303 454/1 Small Sikh boys kept pace with us, their long hair tied in top-knots, chanting songs in Punjabi.

2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Jan. e2/1 The man bun is similar in form to the topknot worn by many women..but it is often worn slightly lower on the head.

2019 J. Van Ness Over the Top x. 217 I realized that the most genius thing I could ever do was tie my hair into a topknot, then back-comb the topknot into the biggest possible top bun.

c. In an animal or bird: a tuft or crest of hair, feathers, etc., on the head.

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1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 22 A..Trumpeter calling in the Rabble to see a Calf with Six Legs and a Top-knot.

1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 12 Unacquainted with fowls with topknots.

1902 O. Wister Virginian i. 7 Have you ever seen a cockatoo—the white kind with the top-knot—enraged by insult?

2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 47/3 Polish chickens, another ornamental breed with a topknot, is somewhat larger than a bantam.

d. spec. Australian and New Zealand. The wool which grows on top of the head and around the eyes of a sheep. Cf. wig n.³ 1e.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific part of sheep

hip locks1681

neck wool1726

breeching1799

bottom wool1848

belly-wool1851

say-cast1877

cow-tail1884

1882 Southland Times (N.Z.) 20 Feb. The head should have a good topknot, the face wool meeting under the eyes.

1934 Toodyay (W. Austral.) Herald 29 June If white-faced crossbreds are to be wigged, it answers on most of them if the whole topknot is shorn off, not taking anything off the cheeks.

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 313 (caption) Pick over lambs' wool. Pick out stained wool, face pieces, leggings, and top-knots.

1982 Agric. Gloss. (N.Z. Ministry Agric. & Fisheries) 61 The trade term for this wool is eye clips. Also known as topknots or wigs.

2. A person who wears a topknot.

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1691 J. Dunton Parable of Top-knots 2/2 Here Heroclitus made a Digression, at the sight of a Troop of Females that were walking by. These, said he, belong to the inferiour Class of Top-knots, they are but one Story high yet.

1697 I. Wright in Coll. Dying Testimonies (1806) 42 Like gowkhorns, topeknots and I know not what to call them.

1909 Bible in World Feb. 60/1 Dirty children, and everywhere dreamy ‘Top-knots’, as the Korean men are called because they wear their hair in a top-knot.

2016 D. Holmes Party of One (2017) vii. 90 The topknots made a beeline for the black kids, with speeds that tested the integrity of their scrunchies.

a. Originally more fully topknot flounder. Any of several small flatfishes of the genera Zeugopterus and Phrynorhombus (family Scophthalmidae), native to the northeastern Atlantic and having dorsal and anal fins continuing as lobes around the body and under the tail. Also with distinguishing word.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Scophthalmidae (turbot) > member of genus Zeugopterus (topknot)

topknot1832

1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 322 (heading) Topknot flounder... Pleuronectes punctatus.

1832 G. Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 1. 7 The most remarkable [fishes]..were..the top-knot, the toothed gilt-head.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 555 The ‘Top-knot’ (Ph[rynorhombus] unimaculatus) occurs occasionally on the south coast of England.

1923 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 211 116 Others [sc. kinds of flatfish]..seem able to live pelagically even when adults (Platysomatichthys, Lepidorhombus and the Top-Knots, and probably Psettodes and Bothus).

2015 F. Velasco et al. in H. J. L. Heessen et al. Fish Atlas Celtic Sea, N. Sea & Baltic Sea iv. 422/1 Norwegian topknot live offshore amongst rocks and rough grounds.

b. Either of two small marine fishes constituting the genus Notoclinus (family Tripterygiidae), found in shallow reef waters off the coast of New Zealand. Also with distinguishing word.

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1981 J. C. Wilson N.Z. Fisherman's Bible 28 In his various forms [sc. the Blenny] is the Cockabully, Threepenny, Twister, and Topknot. All are slightly different in looks but come under the collective name of Blenny for easy grouping.

1991 M. C. Bradstock Fishing: Guide for Kiwi Kids 17 Cockabully. This is a general name for a lot of different kinds of small fish called triplefins. Other names are bully, blenny, twister, topknot, tommy cod. (Family Tripterygiidae).

2003 N. Andrew & M. Francis Living Reef xx. 164/2 The topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus) and brown topknot (N. compressus) are arguably the most extraordinary fishes in the family. Both live among large seaweeds, in which they are extremely hard to detect unless they move.

4. slang. The head. Also (in quot. 1848): the scalp.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]

nolleOE

headOE

topa1225

copc1264

scalpa1300

chiefc1330

crownc1330

jowla1400

poll?a1400

testea1400

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block1635

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sallet1652

poundrel1664

nob1699

crany?1730

knowledge box1755

noodle1762

noggin1769

napper1785

garret1796

pimple1811

knowledge-casket1822

coco1828

cobbra1832

coconut1834

top-piece1838

nut1841

barnet1857

twopenny1859

chump1864

topknot1869

conk1870

masthead1884

filbert1886

bonce1889

crumpet1891

dome1891

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beanc1905

belfry1907

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melon1907

box1908

lemon1923

loaf1925

pound1933

sconec1945

nana1966

1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West i. ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 721/1 ‘Is the top-knot gone, boy?..for my head feels queersome, I tell you.’ ‘Thar's the Injun as felt like lifting it,’ answered the other, kicking the dead body.

1852 M. H. Eastman Aunt Phillis's Cabin vi. 80 The deacon's health is a failin'; he's dreadful low in the top knots lately, and I thought as his time might come very soon.

1869 E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler iii I doubt it's unsattle't his top-knot a bit.

1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xii. 108 I endeavoured to soothe her with a kindly pat on the topknot.

2013 F. Carrucan Falconer Blood i. iv. 23 Yer mind saved yer 'cause that'un as a killin' blow as would'a split yer topknot like a melon.

Compounds

topknot duck n. any of a group of varieties of domestic duck having a rounded feathered growth of fatty tissue on the top of the head.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1840 Amer. Farmer 9 Sept. 128/1 (advt.) Poland fowls, very superior—top knot ducks, and white turkeys.

1906 Feather Mar. 25/2 (advt.) Crested white ducks, the top knot duck. Eggs of this rare breed $5 per setting.

2016 C. Grigson Menagerie (e-book ed.) iii Also depicted are domestic hookbill and topknot ducks from Holland, Muscovy ducks, Chinese geese, [etc.].

topknot pigeon n. either of two Australian pigeons having a crest of feathers, Lopholaimus antarcticus and Ocyphaps lophotes.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of

nutmeg pigeon1783

blue pigeon1790

Namaqua dove1801

mountain witch1823

partridge pigeon1823

imperial pigeon1830

toy1831

porcelain1855

toothbill1862

fruit-pigeon1865

orange dove1875

tambourine pigeon1891

topknot pigeon1891

cinnamon dove1895

partridge1936

1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) V. Pl. 61 Lopholaimus antarcticus... Top-knot Pigeon of the Colonists of New South Wales.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 162 There seemed an unlimited supply of bronze-wing and top-knot pigeons.

2010 Toowoomba's (Queensland) Mail (Nexis) 25 Nov. 12 The first was a pair of topknot pigeons seen along Prince Henry Drive. These birds should not to be confused with the more common crested pigeon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	topknot
释义	topknotn. Brit. /ˈtɒpnɒt/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌnɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, knot n.¹ Etymology: < top n.¹ + knot n.¹ Compare headknot n. at head n.¹ Compounds 1a(a). 1. a. A woman's headdress; spec. a tall headdress made of ribbons, lace, and linen frills usually supported by a wire frame, in fashion in the late 17th and early 18th centuries; = fontange n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other dorlot1340 horn1340 vitremytec1386 templesc1430 bycocket1464 burlet1490 knapscall1498 shapion1504 shaffron1511 paste1527 attire1530 faille1530 muzzle1542 corneta1547 abacot1548 wase1548 wrapper1548 tiring1552 basket1555 bilimenta1556 Paris head1561 shadow1578 head-roll1583 mitre1585 whitehead1588 crispa1592 ship-tire1602 oreillet1603 scoffion1604 coif1617 aigrette1631 egreta1645 drail1647 topknotc1686 slop1688 Burgundy1701 bandore1708 fly-cap1753 capriole1756 lappet-head1761 fly1773 turban1776 pouf1788 knapscapa1802 chip1804 toque1817 bonnet1837 casquette1840 war bonnet1845 taj1851 pugree1859 kennel1896 roach1910 Deely bobber1982 1668 T. Jones Brit. Lang. in its Lustre Penguwch, gwallt gosod: counterfeit Hair, a Top-knot, a Periwig. ?1670 Invincible Pride of Women (single sheet) I Have a Wife, the more's my Care, who like a gaudy Peacock goes, In Top-knots, Patches, Powder'd Hair. c1686–8 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 21 The lofty Top-knots on her crown,..Makes me with care, alas! look down. 1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 51 Let me beg thee..to insert a polite History of Hoop-Petticoats, Top-Knots,..and all that. 1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. Introd. p. viii Obliged to compel..a fellow-knight or squire to restore the top-knot of ribbon which he had stolen from a fair damsel. 2006 V. Sherrow Encycl. Hair 134 The fontange, sometimes called a ‘top knot’, arose by accident in 1680. b. Hair tied up or pinned into a knot or bun on the top of the head; a hairstyle in which long hair is arranged in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > topknot > [noun] toppingc1400 copping1688 toupee1731 1692 J. Edwards Enq. Four Remarkable Texts New Test. ii. 87 It is probable this fantastick Top-knot of their own hair is taken notice of and reproved by St Paul. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) iii. 41 A Bishareen Arab wears his hair in hundreds of minute plaits..surmounted by a circular bushy topknot upon the crown. 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes ii. xi. 24 Her hair be dressed like Spartan maid, With comely top-knot upwards tied. 1968 Blackwood's Mag. 303 454/1 Small Sikh boys kept pace with us, their long hair tied in top-knots, chanting songs in Punjabi. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Jan. e2/1 The man bun is similar in form to the topknot worn by many women..but it is often worn slightly lower on the head. 2019 J. Van Ness Over the Top x. 217 I realized that the most genius thing I could ever do was tie my hair into a topknot, then back-comb the topknot into the biggest possible top bun. c. In an animal or bird: a tuft or crest of hair, feathers, etc., on the head. ΚΠ 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 22 A..Trumpeter calling in the Rabble to see a Calf with Six Legs and a Top-knot. 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 12 Unacquainted with fowls with topknots. 1902 O. Wister Virginian i. 7 Have you ever seen a cockatoo—the white kind with the top-knot—enraged by insult? 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 47/3 Polish chickens, another ornamental breed with a topknot, is somewhat larger than a bantam. d. spec. Australian and New Zealand. The wool which grows on top of the head and around the eyes of a sheep. Cf. wig n.³ 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific part of sheep hip locks1681 neck wool1726 breeching1799 bottom wool1848 belly-wool1851 say-cast1877 cow-tail1884 1882 Southland Times (N.Z.) 20 Feb. The head should have a good topknot, the face wool meeting under the eyes. 1934 Toodyay (W. Austral.) Herald 29 June If white-faced crossbreds are to be wigged, it answers on most of them if the whole topknot is shorn off, not taking anything off the cheeks. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 313 (caption) Pick over lambs' wool. Pick out stained wool, face pieces, leggings, and top-knots. 1982 Agric. Gloss. (N.Z. Ministry Agric. & Fisheries) 61 The trade term for this wool is eye clips. Also known as topknots or wigs. 2. A person who wears a topknot. ΚΠ 1691 J. Dunton Parable of Top-knots 2/2 Here Heroclitus made a Digression, at the sight of a Troop of Females that were walking by. These, said he, belong to the inferiour Class of Top-knots, they are but one Story high yet. 1697 I. Wright in Coll. Dying Testimonies (1806) 42 Like gowkhorns, topeknots and I know not what to call them. 1909 Bible in World Feb. 60/1 Dirty children, and everywhere dreamy ‘Top-knots’, as the Korean men are called because they wear their hair in a top-knot. 2016 D. Holmes Party of One (2017) vii. 90 The topknots made a beeline for the black kids, with speeds that tested the integrity of their scrunchies. 3. a. Originally more fully topknot flounder. Any of several small flatfishes of the genera Zeugopterus and Phrynorhombus (family Scophthalmidae), native to the northeastern Atlantic and having dorsal and anal fins continuing as lobes around the body and under the tail. Also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Scophthalmidae (turbot) > member of genus Zeugopterus (topknot) topknot1832 1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 322 (heading) Topknot flounder... Pleuronectes punctatus. 1832 G. Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 1. 7 The most remarkable [fishes]..were..the top-knot, the toothed gilt-head. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 555 The ‘Top-knot’ (Ph[rynorhombus] unimaculatus) occurs occasionally on the south coast of England. 1923 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 211 116 Others [sc. kinds of flatfish]..seem able to live pelagically even when adults (Platysomatichthys, Lepidorhombus and the Top-Knots, and probably Psettodes and Bothus). 2015 F. Velasco et al. in H. J. L. Heessen et al. Fish Atlas Celtic Sea, N. Sea & Baltic Sea iv. 422/1 Norwegian topknot live offshore amongst rocks and rough grounds. b. Either of two small marine fishes constituting the genus Notoclinus (family Tripterygiidae), found in shallow reef waters off the coast of New Zealand. Also with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1981 J. C. Wilson N.Z. Fisherman's Bible 28 In his various forms [sc. the Blenny] is the Cockabully, Threepenny, Twister, and Topknot. All are slightly different in looks but come under the collective name of Blenny for easy grouping. 1991 M. C. Bradstock Fishing: Guide for Kiwi Kids 17 Cockabully. This is a general name for a lot of different kinds of small fish called triplefins. Other names are bully, blenny, twister, topknot, tommy cod. (Family Tripterygiidae). 2003 N. Andrew & M. Francis Living Reef xx. 164/2 The topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus) and brown topknot (N. compressus) are arguably the most extraordinary fishes in the family. Both live among large seaweeds, in which they are extremely hard to detect unless they move. 4. slang. The head. Also (in quot. 1848): the scalp. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West i. ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 721/1 ‘Is the top-knot gone, boy?..for my head feels queersome, I tell you.’ ‘Thar's the Injun as felt like lifting it,’ answered the other, kicking the dead body. 1852 M. H. Eastman Aunt Phillis's Cabin vi. 80 The deacon's health is a failin'; he's dreadful low in the top knots lately, and I thought as his time might come very soon. 1869 E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler iii I doubt it's unsattle't his top-knot a bit. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xii. 108 I endeavoured to soothe her with a kindly pat on the topknot. 2013 F. Carrucan Falconer Blood i. iv. 23 Yer mind saved yer 'cause that'un as a killin' blow as would'a split yer topknot like a melon. Compounds topknot duck n. any of a group of varieties of domestic duck having a rounded feathered growth of fatty tissue on the top of the head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1840 Amer. Farmer 9 Sept. 128/1 (advt.) Poland fowls, very superior—top knot ducks, and white turkeys. 1906 Feather Mar. 25/2 (advt.) Crested white ducks, the top knot duck. Eggs of this rare breed $5 per setting. 2016 C. Grigson Menagerie (e-book ed.) iii Also depicted are domestic hookbill and topknot ducks from Holland, Muscovy ducks, Chinese geese, [etc.]. topknot pigeon n. either of two Australian pigeons having a crest of feathers, Lopholaimus antarcticus and Ocyphaps lophotes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of nutmeg pigeon1783 blue pigeon1790 Namaqua dove1801 mountain witch1823 partridge pigeon1823 imperial pigeon1830 toy1831 porcelain1855 toothbill1862 fruit-pigeon1865 orange dove1875 tambourine pigeon1891 topknot pigeon1891 cinnamon dove1895 partridge1936 1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) V. Pl. 61 Lopholaimus antarcticus... Top-knot Pigeon of the Colonists of New South Wales. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 162 There seemed an unlimited supply of bronze-wing and top-knot pigeons. 2010 Toowoomba's (Queensland) Mail (Nexis) 25 Nov. 12 The first was a pair of topknot pigeons seen along Prince Henry Drive. These birds should not to be confused with the more common crested pigeon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1668
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