glengarry

[ glen-gar-ee ]

noun

, plural glen·gar·ries.

1. 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.

glengarry

/ ɡlɛnˈɡærɪ /

noun

1. a brimless Scottish woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the back Also calledglengarry bonnet

Word History and Origins

Origin of glengarry¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of glengarry¹

C19: after Glengarry, Scotland

Example Sentences

The man who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross actually and unironically references "the current economic jollity."

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The author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow is, to many minds, the best living American playwright.

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It might be a portrait of Hendry or Sander bonneted in his glengarry, armed with a target, and trekking off with two terriers.

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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.

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The first attacks of the Glengarry Highlanders and the regular troops were repulsed with great loss of life.

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On the north side the mountains of Glengarry shot up in a succession of high and bold peaks.

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So he lifted his smart Glengarry cap, and in sad perplexity strode away.

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