bowler hat
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bowler hats
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Mr. Munson seeds the otherwise ordinary setting with ominously recurring symbols and side characters—a mysterious bowler hat, a man with a mole near his mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
He was particular in his dress, favoring a dark suit, vest and pocket watch and, often, a bowler hat.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
But that standard has a decidedly old school feel to it, conjuring up an image of, say, an English gentleman like John Steed with a bumbershoot and a bowler hat.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2022
She wore a bowler hat impaled with a Union flag and brandished another in her hand.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2022
Reflected behind you there is a man in a bowler hat, though he appears in some mirrors and not in others.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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