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snap brim
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noun
1.
a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
2.
Also called
snap-brim hat
. a man's fedora, usually of felt and often worn with the brim turned up in back and down in front.
Origin of
snap brim
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1905-1910
First recorded in
1905-10
Related forms
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snap-brim,
snap-brimmed,
adjective
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snap brim
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There was a red feather in the bow on his
snap brim
felt hat.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin
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