tops-and-bottoms

== English == === Noun === tops-and-bottoms pl (plural only) (archaic) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children. === References === “tops-and-bottoms”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.