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Akubra

British  
/ əˈkuːbrə /

noun

  1. a brand of Australian hat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The England party was hardly inconspicuous, drinking by the side of the road, with plenty wearing traditional Akubra hats that became the uniform of the holiday.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2025

A number of players stand out in the crowd after collectively purchasing Akubra hats.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

Even by Aussie standards, Alice Springs is casual: People dress down, and many drive well-equipped four-wheel-drive trucks that are as much a part of the uniform as T-shirts, shorts and Akubra hats.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2023

He could also make sense of dizzying macro-economic global trends, always with a cautious hopefulness that was as much his trademark as his Kangaroo-skin Akubra hat.

From Time Jul. 15, 2016

More below, but first a : if you haven’t seen “Dead and Buried,” snap up your Akubra hat and watch before reading on.

From Time Nov. 22, 2011

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