Top ‧ sy /ˈtɒpsi $ ˈtɑːp-/ BrE AmE
a small African-American girl character in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851–52) by Harriet Beecher ↑ Stowe . When she is asked whether she knows who made her (that is, whether she has heard of God), she replies ‘I expect I grow’d’ (=grew) .