Toper's Thorp

• this man of Hod → this man of Hod cement & → this man of hod, cement and edifices in Toper's Thorp
  • A first-draft version of Finnegans wake

• toper: a heavy drinker; an alcoholic

• thorp: (Old English) village; hamlet

• Thorp: may imply Thor, god of thunder and war in Germanic mythology; it's unclear whether endings -thorp, -thurp, -dorf in many Germanic toponyms are associated with Thor, or just have the meaning of "dwelling"
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake

• Toper's Thorp: Dublin?

• Thorne Smith (American novellist,1892-1934): Topper (1926); Topper takes a trip (1932)