cap of maintenance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Sir Grummore stood up respectfully and took off his cap of maintenance.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From this another high curtain extended to the Wardrobe Tower, which served as repository for the royal robe, the cap of maintenance, and the other furniture of state.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
A little nearer the horizon, the arms, cap of maintenance, and other ensigns of the city's grandeur, partly buried under the ruins.
From An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 by Harvey, Gideon
He delighted in gold sticks, and was never so happy as when holding some cap of maintenance or spur of precedence with due dignity and acknowledged grace in the presence of all the Court.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
The Eric.—An adaptation of the cap of maintenance in a special elastic material, warranted not to burst under pressure of abnormal expansion of the head of the wearer.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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