Definition of "redtop" [red•top]

• A widely cultivated Eurasian grass (Agrostis gigantea) having reddish flower clusters. (noun)

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• "Rhode Island Bent, known as redtop, is less exacting, and where it thrives to the exclusion of timothy, or is in evidence in grass lands, the inference is fairly safe that a test would show that the soil is sour."
• "Dodgy UK daily "redtop" tabloid The Sun has amazed Fall fans the world over by placing the band at number three in their Boxset of the Year awards in today's edition."
• "Many redtop and mid-market editors, if asked, would opt to be called tradespeople, not professionals."