hatrack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hatrack
Example Sentences
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It falls to Thermal Herman 6⅞ths, the showboat of Katz’s inventory, to fashion himself into a fedora, hitch a ride on a moose’s antlers that double as a hatrack and save her.
From New York Times • May 20, 2022
She admired Dunham, in particular, who was one of Hollywood’s first Black choreographers, and was captivated by Astaire’s use of props, like a hatrack or an umbrella.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020
Of all the thoughts of Mr. Gropius, This cosmic hatrack is the dopius.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the hatrack she stopped before the picture of Old Dirty-Face.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Tonight he was dressed very neat, and when he came in the door he had hung a grown man’s panama hat with a feather in it on the hatrack.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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