glengarry

American

[glen-gar-ee] / glɛnˈgær i /

noun

a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.

glengarry British

/ ɡlɛnˈɡærɪ /

noun

Also called: glengarry bonnet. a brimless Scottish woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the back

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

glengarries

plural

Etymology

Origin of glengarry

First recorded in 1835–45; after Glengarry, a valley in Invernesshire, Scotland

Example Sentences

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He left the evening with his very own kilt, fitted by the battalion's tailor and a Glengarry hat he proudly wore during the video.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

David Mamet, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright behind "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Oleanna," is now at the center of controversy after a Sunday appearance on Mark Levin's Fox News show "Life, Liberty & Levin."

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2022

In Barry’s funniest moment, he makes a bungled attempt to perform Alec Baldwin’s bravura “coffee is for closers only” scene in Glengarry Glen Ross.

From Slate • May 1, 2018

It's the "Glengarry Glen Ross" sales approach: ABC — always be closing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2018

What a mess the Bishop of Winchester has made of this Glengarry kirk business.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

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