slouch hat

noun

1. a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.

slouch hat

noun

1. any soft hat with a brim that can be pulled down over the ears, esp an Australian army hat with the left side of the brim turned up

Word History and Origins

Origin of slouch hat¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The Mexican immediately pulled off his ragged slouch-hat and his tattered coat.

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He pictured Maizie as wearing overalls, a man's shirt with the tail out, a big slouch hat, and buckskin gloves.

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To scare the grocer with a slouch hat and a medieval oath was not only a youthful ebullition, it was a symbolic act.

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He wore a rusty slouch hat, no coat, a faded blue flannel shirt, a Navy revolver; his trousers were hanging on his boot tops.

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Then he settled his aged and infirm slouch hat more firmly upon his round-domed skull, straightened his shoulders and stumped out.

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