old top

noun

old top

noun
1

Colloquial, Dated Familiar term of address.

  • Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182:

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