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:

    “That’s how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing, pliable, sentimental, susceptible to brutality, the middle class educated and cowardly to the point of servility.”
    —Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    “Your top has sunk too low,
    Your base has spread too wide,
    For you to roll one stone
    Down if you tried.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “We have to have wars now and then just to prove we’re top dog.”
    —Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935)