In a twinkling he was on the yard; he paused for a few seconds and appeared to be measuring it with his eye; these seconds, during which the breeze swayed the topman at the extremity of a thread, seemed centuries to those who were looking on.
It was some time before Mrs. Topman would consent to leave her new lodger.
Mrs. Topmanunwillingly withdrew, and Ida was alone in the sitting-room which her lover had occupied for the last fortnight.
If Topman hadn't obeyed me he'd have died in a workhouse; and if I'd obeyed his I shouldn't have a stick of furniture belonging to me.
Mrs. Topmanbrought her lunch, and consulted her about dinner.
Then came the signing of the register in the snug little vestry, Mrs. Topman figuring largely as witness.
Presently came the clinking of cups and saucers, and anon Mrs. Topman appeared on the doorstep, and announced that breakfast was ready.
There wasTopman and Mrs. Topman, moving here and there in all the elegance of full dress.
Now, Mrs. Topman was one of those social afflictions which are found everywhere, whose touch is like contagion, and who take strangers into their keeping only to do them more harm than good.
Topman handed Chapman the paper, and requested that he would read it, which that gentleman affected to do.
But he, I am sure, will accept ze thanks of Topman and Gusher.
Topman and Mrs. Topman have been indulging in extravagance; Gusher has been spending all the money he could get, and all the young men in the office went to doing the same.
And all this to the serious damage, as well in reputation as pocket, of the highly enterprising and rapidly advancing firm of Topman and Gusher.
Mrs. Chapman, rising from her seat and dropping Mr. Topmanone of her most stately bows.
Stick to it that you have; and refer your men to Topman and Gusher.
Mr. Topmanpaused for a moment, threw himself back in his chair, and cast a patronizing glance at Hanz.
Topman, I said my name was; Luke Topman, senior partner of the enterprising house of Topman and Gusher, doing a large miscellaneous business in Pearl, near Wall street.
Before, however, I had time to do more than don my socks, a grizzled weatherbeaten main-topman named Ned Sykes made his appearance in the doorway of the berth, with a drawn cutlass in his hand and a pair of pistols in his belt.
There's not a smartertopman in the Navy, your honour, though I say it who shouldn't.
McGovern was across the deck like a shot, at least three feet in advance of the next man, who, as luck would have it, was the short, fat topman before referred to.
The topman bestowed a stolen but exulting glance on Wilder, and then the latter motioned the other hastily away, turning himself to join his Commander in the examination.
General aiming a blow that threatened to immolate the topman as he spoke.
The gaze of the topman was far longer than had been that of his black companion; and it is to be presumed, in consequence, much more accurate.
It would be difficult to deceive a topman in the cut and trim of sails among which he has passed months, nay years.
As the topmansaw no sufficient reason for concealing his astonishment at this wild opinion, it was manifested with all the embellishments with which the individual in question usually set forth any of his more visible emotions.
The chap was never made for a topman as you may see, sir, by the fashion in which he crosses his lower stanchions.
A feeble sign from his companion caused thetopman to pause, while he endeavoured to construe its meaning as well as he was able.
Here thetopman closed his soliloquy, in order to agitate the tobacco again, it being impossible to conduct the process of chewing and talking at one and the same time.
The ugly topmanmade a sign, as much as to say, Knock the fellow down; but the whole lot hung back before the couple of pistol-barrels I handled.
The big topman came slowly back to his companion, and leant himself on the spars again.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "topman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
