top (verb)

Informal British expression meaning 'to kill', usually (but not always) as an act of suicide.

Whatever happened to John?
He topped himself last year. Poor guy.

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Mokum

Jewish (Yiddish) word for Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands.

I've never been lost in Mokum
('k ben nooit in Mokum mijn weg kwijt)

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egg

Now a somewhat old-fashioned, quaint and/or humorous word for a person, usually moderated with the evaluative 'good' or 'bad'.

The owners of that venue are such good eggs.

I don't trust him. The others are okay, but he's a bad egg.

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