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black cap

British  

noun

  1. another name for white-fronted tern

"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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He was last seen wearing a white hoodie and black cap.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

Diane, wearing a red and black cap and a tie-dyed sweater, speaks: “This site was reported May 1, 2024, for unidentified persons.”

From Salon Oct. 4, 2024

“Pitching at home, we have a lot of great fans and I don’t want to disappoint them,” Senga said, wearing a black cap with a ghost fork logo.

From Washington Times May 31, 2023

He is sitting next to a man in a black cap, who Russian media identify as Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2023

One of them fitted Frodo well enough, a black cap with iron rim, and iron hoops covered with leather upon which the Evil Eye was painted in red above the beaklike nose-guard.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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