cloth-cap

[ klawth-kap, kloth- ]

adjective

, British.

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the working class.

cloth cap

noun

1. Also calledflat cap a flat woollen cap with a stiff peak
2. informal.
   1. a symbol of working-class ethos or origin
   2. ( as modifier )

      cloth-cap attitudes

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloth-cap¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Whereupon an octogenarian official approached the door of the box with his shiny, peaked, blue cloth cap in his hand.

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I had shaved off my moustache and breakfasted hastily in my bedroom, ready equipped for a journey in my ulster and cloth cap.

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He had discarded his shore toggery and slumped around in a cloth cap, a cardigan jacket, heavy woollen pants and carpet slippers.

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He was dressed now in his Sunday suit; his hair was combed smoothly over his forehead, and his best cloth cap was in his hands.

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The effect is, that each appears to be wearing a red and black cloth cap.

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