carrot-top jokes
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I used Google and found that Carrot Top is the stage name of an American comedian.
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Therefore, "Carrot Top jokes" (no hyphen) would mean: jokes that are told by that person.
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I'm pretty certain it refers to the mystifying habit Brits have of making jokes about people with ginger hair. One of the terms aimed at a lot of ginger-haired people is "carrot top".
However, you need to give us more context. Please give us the entire sentence in which the phrase appeared, along with the source and the author.
However, you need to give us more context. Please give us the entire sentence in which the phrase appeared, along with the source and the author.
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Much obliged.I used Google and found that Carrot Top is the stage name of an American comedian.
Therefore, "Carrot Top jokes" (no hyphen) would mean: jokes that are told by that person.Carrot Top - Wikipedia
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Two things. One, apparently you are not one of them. Two, I vaguely remembered that, but I couldn't be sure. (I have heard " carrot top" used to refer to people.)
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