bowler hat
noun
a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men; derby.
bowler-hatted
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a word derived from
bowler hat.
Example Sentences
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As one of his friends, a Salvation Army executive, told a reporter at the time, Mr. Blake resembled “a typically blasé bowler-hatted, rolled umbrella government official.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2020
However, prior to that, she was one of the co-stars of the popular “Avengers” TV show, where she played agent Emma Peel in the 1960s alongside Patrick Macnee’s bowler-hatted John Steed.
From Fox News ● Sep. 10, 2020
To visit Dr Dirk Obbink at Christ Church College, Oxford, you must first be ushered by a bowler-hatted porter into the stately Tom Quad, built by Cardinal Wolsey before his spectacular downfall in 1529.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
At 22:22 the Head Porter appeared in his bowler-hatted splendour and unhitched the silken rope that barred access to the historic chamber.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
He didn't know who to face first: the stunned Sidana, the buzzing Tirid, or Nergal, who was slowly turning his massive frame toward the squat, bowler-hatted figure.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
