kepi
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Origin of kepi
1860–65; < French képi < Swiss German Käppi ( Kapp ( e ) cap 1 + -i diminutive suffix)
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The family relinquished some of the artifacts—the kepi, belt, sword, corps badge he wore on July 1, 1863–to the National Park Service.
From Time ● Jun. 30, 2015
In a full-page illustration by Winslow Homer, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly in 1861, Wallace sits astride his horse in a pair of billowing trousers, an exotic-looking kepi perched on his head.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
Father of the Paratroopers" symbolically wore a gold-leafed kepi instead of the fire-brand-red paratroop beret, assured newsmen: "I am a soldier and nothing but a soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
For French policemen, the kepi was never the most practical of headgear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shoes, leather gaiters and kepi or cap completed the uniform.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
While line judges sported pristine starched white caps, and ball boys and girls wilted under kepis, Hogenkamp stood out from the crowd.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2015
Sunburned legionnaires in khaki shorts and kepis stood watch over arriving passengers.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2014
French officials in crisp kepis stood side by side with their British counterparts in pith helmets as De Gaulle, without a flinch, cried: "Vive la France, Vive le Royaume Uni!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the legionnaires are German�lean, hard-mouthed, blond men in white kepis, their pockets stuffed with grenades.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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