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cabbage-tree hat
[ kab-ij-tree ]
noun
, Australian.
- a broad-brimmed hat made from cabbage-tree leaves.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cabbage-tree hat1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
One I made six shillings of, but the cabbage-tree hat is worth a pound.
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An old cabbage-tree hat and a blue serge shirt made up the rest of his rig.
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The black boy ran down to the waterhole, filled his cabbage-tree hat with water, and Gerrard drank.
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Flinders was wearing a cabbage-tree hat, for which a native had a fancy.
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Flash Jack—red sash, cabbage-tree hat on back of head with nothing in it, glossy black curls bunched up in front of brim.
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