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Complete Definition of "sola topi"

English

Etymology
From the shola or sola plant, whose pith is used; and "topi" or "tope", Hindi for "hat". It was popularized by the British colonials who wore them while inspecting farms or traveling.

Noun
sola topi

  1. A pith helmet

Quotations
1988 : In some Charles appeared, in shorts and sola topi, flanked by robed, shock-headed men of intense blackness. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Swimming Pool Library|The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 96)

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