the topper

noun

US
: the thing that is better, worse, etc., than everything before it
The whole day was bad, but the topper came when our car broke down.

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“The topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20topper. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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