Top Ropes

A Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue · 1811 · p. 5
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly. **TO TOP** To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors for snuffing the candles: he who last pronounces that word word, is obliged to get up and perform the operation.—to be topped; to be hanged. The cove was topped for smashing queer screens; he was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.
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