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Grew/grows like topsy.

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probian9910 | 10:03 Sun 05th Mar 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone out there know the origin of this commonly used phrase please. Where and when was topsy?


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It's from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Topsy, a young slave girl, describes herself as having 'just growed'.

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