fire hat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire hat
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Hagman will often go crosseyed in closeups, and has been known to come to work wearing a fire hat with a revolving red light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actor Tom Bosley puts the croaking little mayor back under his fire hat in a well-made little musical.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actor Tom Bosley puts the craoking little mayor back under his fire hat in a well-made little musical.
From Time Magazine Archive
He stood on a bearskin rug before the blazing fire, hat in hand, boots polished, tall and trim with his handsome head bowed just a trifle.
From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold
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