cabbage-tree hat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabbage-tree hat
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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 Meade, L. T.
An old cabbage-tree hat and a blue serge shirt made up the rest of his rig.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
Flinders was wearing a cabbage-tree hat, for which a native had a fancy.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest
The captain was walking slowly across the paddocks with the cabbage-tree hat he kept for the garden pushed back from his brow.
From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil
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 Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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