1. His topknot is like a crown.

2. Don't be so rough on his topknot.

3. At least I was able to save my topknot.

4. 9 His head was shaven but for a topknot.

5. Ah, you know, they wore their hair in a topknot, a top-knot.

6. Mother, I think I should have a topknot like the other boys.

7. The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia.

8. He is portrayed sitting on a pedestal with a topknot and holding a harp.

9. In other cases, the torso is aboveground, and some moai still sport a rock topknot called a pukao.

10. How long do dancers have to rehearse each day and do they always have to wear a topknot?

11. The long face is usually clean with a small topknot or bare head and a slightly Roman nose.

12. The first of these is the characteristic shape of some of its more common presentations, such as the bolo — often with a ‘topknot’ — and the rosca.

13. Its name reflects its pareidolic resemblance to classical depictions of Gautama Buddha, seated in a meditation pose with a forehead mark (tikka) and traditional topknot (ushnisha).

14. The topknot, called ushnisha, of the Buddha statue contains a relic of Gautama Buddha that was given as a gift by the Government of Sri Lanka.

15. Other variants are a loaf crowned with a small ‘topknot’ of bread, and a more elongated loaf with a width-to-length ratio of approximately 1:2.

16. He has a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui is known as Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga.

17. It is thought that the interpretation of the ushnisha as a supernatural cranial protuberance happened at a later date, as the representation of the topknot became more symbolic and its original meaning was lost.

18. I only have to keep telling everybody that I am 17 years old! She pinches my cheeks to make them blush - a proof of my health, and she quickly arranges my braids in a topknot to make me look taller.

19. In his 1956 autobiography, Funakoshi recounted several stories about Asato, including: Asato's political astuteness in following the government order to cut off the traditional men's topknot (pp. 13–14); Asato's defeat of Yōrin Kanna, in which the unarmed Asato prevailed despite Kanna being armed with an unblunted blade (pp. 14–15); Asato's demonstration of a single-point punch (ippon-ken; pp. 15); and Asato and Itosu's friendly arm-wrestling matches (p. 16).