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top-hamper

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top-ham·per also top ham·per (tphmpr)
n.
1. Nautical Weight or materials, such as rigging, cables, and spars, stored either aloft or on the upper decks.
2. Cumbersome, unnecessary matter.
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Daughtry and the captain emerged last from the cabin, and both stared upward for a moment at the gaps in the slender, sky- scraping top-hamper, where, only minutes before, the main- and mizzen-topmasts had been.
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