bowler hat
noun
a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men; derby.
bowler hats
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pluralof bowler hat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The contemporary costumes are more stylish than is customary—although the bowler hats and boots are present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
Hoisting umbrellas to stave off the heat, women wearing traditional bowler hats and colorful skirts walked alongside young men playing drums and native flutes.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2023
In “Living,” that bureaucracy has been transplanted to postwar London and visualized as a sea of gray pinstripe suits and bowler hats, flowing through wood-paneled offices and up and down marbled stairwells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The Prommers, bedecked in crowns, bow ties, bowler hats and a mixture of EU and union flags, were typically enthusiastic, especially after missing the 2020 Proms season.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2021
Most of my companions wore hard bowler hats, and a few like me wore soft trilbys, but not one of us on that train in the year of 1934 went bareheaded.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
