topkick

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Noun

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topkick (plural topkicks)

  1. (military, slang, dated) A sergeant.
  2. (slang) A bigwig or leader.
    • 1959 August 31, Billboard, page 24:
      Local a.&r. men, Chet Atkins (Victor) and Owen Bradley (Decca), topkicks of the RCA Victor and Bradley studios, respectively, have had heavy session schedules of their own, […]
    • 2002, Hugh O'Neill, Golffirmations, page 170:
      Presidential Golf
      Lots of our topkicks have loved the game: Harding, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Bush, Clinton, and Bush the Younger.
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