Topsy
The origin and history of Topsy.
Etymology
From Topsy, a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, who famously says she "just growed" rather than being deliberately raised or made.
Class of 1852
Topsy first entered the language around 1852. Other words from the same year:
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