cocked hat
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noun
a man's hat, worn especially in the 18th century, having a wide, stiff brim turned up on two or three sides toward a peaked crown.Compare bicorne, tricorn(def 2).
Origin of cocked hat
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But it may be that I am constitutionally insensible to the virtues of a cocked-hat.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
So, then he of the tight coat and cocked-hat was a king—King “Dingo Bingo!”
Ran Away to SeaMayne Reid
First, let me beg of you not to be persuaded into adopting a cocked-hat.
Dr. Grimstone examined the cocked-hat through his double eyeglasses, with a heavy thunder-cloud gathering on his brows.
Vice VersaF. Anstey
More than once she was on the point of asking help or advice from the cocked-hat officials at the doors, but she was afraid.
Grandmother DearMrs. Molesworth
cocked hat
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