cabbage-tree hat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabbage-tree hat
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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A stockrider, when he would appear in a gay shirt, tight white moleskins, cabbage-tree hat, flash riding-boots with glittering spurs.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
An old, nearly black cabbage-tree hat rested on the butts of his ears, turning them out at right angles from his head, and rather dirty sprouts they were.
From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Henry Lawson
He turned, and saw a small, dapper-looking man, in white drill and a cabbage-tree hat, standing by his side.
From Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade
Flinders was wearing a cabbage-tree hat, for which a native had a fancy.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott
The Blacks didn't see me as I went by, ragged and dusty, and with an old, nearly black, cabbage-tree hat drawn over my eyes.
From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Henry Lawson
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