A person with bright red or orange hair; someone with red hair.
'Carrot' (the orange vegetable) combined with 'top' (the upper part/head). This compound word emerged in the 19th century as a playful or mildly derogatory nickname for red-haired people, comparing their hair color to the vegetable.
Carrot Top became famous as a stage name, but this nickname has centuries of history—it shows how fruit and vegetable names were used to describe human characteristics, much like 'shorty' or 'blondie'!
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