cockaded
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a word derived from
cockade.
cockadenouna rosette, knot of ribbon, etc., usually worn on the hat as part of a uniform, as a badge of office, or the like.
Example Sentences
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Black coachmen and white, in cockaded silk hats, with thorny whips at jaunty angles, fluttered the leathern ribbons that guided the cobs that drew glistening Brewster cut-unders to the theatre.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The rich resurrected carriages and rode behind cockaded coachmen in barouches or victorias.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then, in the nick of time, Washington, accompanied by a cockaded Alexander Hamilton and a bareheaded Marquis de Lafayette, gallops up to rally the troops and confound the crestfallen poltroon Lee,* slumping in his saddle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Leading them was a general, wearing the long blue Continental coat and cockaded hat with feathers in it.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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And he pointed to a group, consisting of Mr. Landale and two men in blue jackets and cockaded hats of semi-naval appearance, now slowly approaching the house.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle