Topper or Toppers may refer to:
Brand names
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Harley-Davidson Topper
The Harley-Davidson Topper was the only motor scooter that the Harley-Davidson Motor Company ever produced.
Design and specifications
The Topper had a single-cylinder two-stroke engine mounted horizontally between the floorboards. The engine re ...
, a motor scooter manufactured from 1960 to 1965
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Topper Corp., an American toy manufacturer during 1960s and early 1970s
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Topper (sports)
Topper is a sportswear brand established in Argentina and currently owned by Brazilian "BRS Comercio e Industria de Material Esportivo SA", headquartered in São Paulo.[Topper (dinghy)
The Topper is an 11 foot sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. The Topper is a one-design boat sailed mostly around the British Isles. It was recognised as a World Sailing Class. The boat is constructed from polypropylene, and is popular as a ...]
, a sailing dinghy patented in 1977 by British designer Ian Proctor
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Topper's Pizza (Canadian restaurant), a chain founded in 1982 as Mr. Topper's Pizza
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Toppers Pizza (American restaurant), a company-owned and franchise chain founded in 1991
*Another name for a
top hat
A top hat (also called a high hat, a cylinder hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat for men traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat. Traditionally m ...
*Another name for a
pencil sharpener
A pencil sharpener (also referred to as pencil pointer or in Ireland as a parer or topper) is a tool for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface. Pencil sharpeners may be operated manually or by an electric motor. ...
in Ireland
*Camper shell
camper shell
A camper shell (also canopy, and sometimes called truck topper, truck cap, bed cap, box cap, or simply shell) is a small housing or rigid canopy used as a pickup truck or coupe utility accessory. The housing is usually made of fiberglass or alum ...
Comics
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Topper (comic strip)
A topper in comic strip parlance is a small secondary strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip. In the 1920s and 1930s, leading cartoonists were given full pages in the Sunday comics sections, allowing them to add smaller strips and single-pane ...
, a general term for a small comic strip published above or below another strip
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''The Topper'' (comics), a 1953–1990 British comics periodical
*Topper, a minor character in the 1989 American comic strip ''
Dilbert
''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title characte ...
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Film and TV
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''Topper'' (film), a 1937 American film based on Thorne Smith's 1926 novel
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''Topper'' (TV series), a 1953 American TV series based on the novel and film
*Topper, a horse ridden by American western character
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He was ...
in 1939–1954 films
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Topper Harley, the lead character in the 1991 American film ''Hot Shots!''
*Topper Thornton, the main character in the Netflix series ''
Outer Banks
The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating ...
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De Toppers
De Toppers (), also known internationally as the Toppers, is a Dutch supergroup, consisting of René Froger, Gerard Joling, Jeroen van der Boom and Jan Smit. Gordon Heuckeroth, one of the founding members, left the group in 2011. The group has ...
, a Dutch musical supergroup formed in 2005, popular on TV and DVD
Literature
*Topper, a minor character in Dickens' 1843 novella
''A Christmas Carol''
*''Topper'', a 1926 novel by American author
Thorne Smith
James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 – June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two ''Topper'' novels, comic fantasy fiction involving se ...
People
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Topper (nickname) Topper is a nickname. Notable people with the nickname include:
*Topper Clemons (born 1963), American football player
*Topper Headon (born 1955), English rock drummer for The Clash
*Topper Rigney (1897–1972), American baseball player
*Jerry Toppa ...
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Topper (surname)
Places in the United States
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Toppertown, Missouri, an unincorporated community also known as Topper
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Toppers, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
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Topper Site Topper is an archaeological site located along the Savannah River in Allendale County, South Carolina, United States. It is noted as a location of artifacts which some archaeologists believe to indicate human habitation of the New World earlier ...
, an archaeological site in South Carolina
Other uses
*The athletics teams of
Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain College (BMC) is a private Baptist college in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. Founded as a women's college in 1873, the college's board of trustees voted unanimously for the college to go fully coeducational in 2005.
History
By 1 ...
, Blue Mountain, Mississippi, United States
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, a food on top of cooked
rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima
''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...
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