"bell-topper" meaning in English

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        "2": "topper",
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        "4": "top hat"
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  "etymology_text": "From bell, referring to its shape + topper (“top hat”)",
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    {
      "form": "bell-toppers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1903, William Craig (of Invercargill, N.Z.), My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields (page 11)",
          "text": "“Now, you long ghost with the bell-topper, what did you pay for that coat? It's a Houndsditcher!” The sally was greeted with laughter from all who heard it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 132",
          "text": "There was a surprise awaiting them at Tooraloo, for the moment they arrived two persons in bell-toppers and long-tailed coats ran out from behind a fence[.]",
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        "top hat; chimney-pot hat"
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        [
          "top hat",
          "top hat"
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        [
          "chimney-pot hat",
          "chimney-pot hat"
        ]
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        "(chiefly Australia, dated) top hat; chimney-pot hat"
      ],
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        "Australia",
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  "word": "bell-topper"
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  "etymology_text": "From bell, referring to its shape + topper (“top hat”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bell-toppers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bell-topper (plural bell-toppers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1903, William Craig (of Invercargill, N.Z.), My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields (page 11)",
          "text": "“Now, you long ghost with the bell-topper, what did you pay for that coat? It's a Houndsditcher!” The sally was greeted with laughter from all who heard it."
        },
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          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 132",
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        }
      ],
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        "top hat; chimney-pot hat"
      ],
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          "chimney-pot hat",
          "chimney-pot hat"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly Australia, dated) top hat; chimney-pot hat"
      ],
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        "Australia",
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  "word": "bell-topper"
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