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clifftop

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English

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Etymology

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From cliff +‎ top.

Noun

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clifftop (plural clifftops)

  1. The top of a cliff.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough:
      Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.
    • 2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 33:
      At Berwick I had the privilege of joining Driver Ross Clark for my favourite clifftop run south through Northumberland, to Newcastle.