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top-heavy

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top-heavy
(of a business enterprise) having too many executives


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Finally, when the cabman, all top-heavy and bristling, had staggered off up the garden path, there emerged in a very leisurely way from the cab a big, powerfully built young man, with a bull pup under one arm and a pink sporting paper in his hand.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
You can sit, with your knees drawn up to your chin and your arms clasped around them, but you are bound to turn over presently, because you are top-heavy in that position.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
So one morning they were given a quarter apiece and a roll with a sausage in it, and, with their minds top-heavy with good advice, were sent out to make their way to the city and learn to sell newspapers.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
 
 
 
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