cabbage-tree hat

How to use cabbage-tree hat in a sentence

• One I made six shillings of, but the cabbage-tree hat is worth a pound.

  Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia | William John Wills

• An old cabbage-tree hat and a blue serge shirt made up the rest of his rig.

  Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

• The black boy ran down to the waterhole, filled his cabbage-tree hat with water, and Gerrard drank.

  Tom Gerrard | Louis Becke

• Flinders was wearing a cabbage-tree hat, for which a native had a fancy.

  The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders | Ernest Scott

• Flash Jack—red sash, cabbage-tree hat on back of head with nothing in it, glossy black curls bunched up in front of brim.

  On the Track | Henry Lawson