flat cap
Britishnoun
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another name for cloth cap
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an Elizabethan man's hat with a narrow down-turned brim
Example Sentences
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They include "photos" of Samba riding a bike and playing a game of bowls while wearing a flat cap.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
That’s how contenders need to operate in navigating a flat cap world.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023
He wore a flat cap, a softball-style long-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the Aztec calendar on his chest and a tattoo on his right forearm that read, “Let’s Get Free.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
It was a distinctly lo-fi production: Her father’s costume for the role of Papageno was “a flat cap and some pan pipes on a string around his neck,” Miskimmon said.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022
Seven of them, including a knit cap, a flat cap, a Russian ushanka hat, and a Chairman Mao hat with a red star at the forehead.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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