glengarry

[ glen-gar-ee ]

/ glɛnˈgær i /

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noun, plural glen·gar·ries.

a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.

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Origin of glengarry

First recorded in 1835–45; after Glengarry, a valley in Invernesshire, Scotland

Words nearby glengarry

Glendale, Glendale Heights, Glendora, Glendower, Glen Ellyn, glengarry, Glen More, Glenn, Glennie, Glenn's operation, Glen of Imaal terrier

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How to use glengarry in a sentence

The man who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross actually and unironically references "the current economic jollity."
David Mamet's Right Turn|David Frum|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow is, to many minds, the best living American playwright.
David Mamet's Right Turn|Ben Crair|May 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It might be a portrait of Hendry or Sander bonneted in his glengarry, armed with a target, and trekking off with two terriers.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
I can see him now as he waved me a good-bye from the platform in his Glengarry cap and short tunic and plaid trousers.
A Traveller in War-Time|Winston Churchill

The first attacks of the Glengarry Highlanders and the regular troops were repulsed with great loss of life.
The Last Laird of MacNab|Various
On the north side the mountains of Glengarry shot up in a succession of high and bold peaks.
A Yacht Voyage Round England|W.H.G. Kingston
So he lifted his smart Glengarry cap, and in sad perplexity strode away.
Cripps, the Carrier|R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for glengarry

glengarry

/ (ɡlɛnˈɡærɪ) /

noun plural -ries

a brimless Scottish woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the backAlso called: glengarry bonnet

Word Origin for glengarry

C19: after Glengarry, Scotland

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