kepi
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Etymology
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
In his black tunic, blue breeches and patent-leather kepi with bronze double-eagle, he was a doughty figure in the Czarist army.
From Time Magazine Archive
For French policemen, the kepi was never the most practical of headgear.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, lifting his kepi, the gallant Frenchman kissed Dennis on both cheeks amid a burst of generous applause that came from the hearts of all of them.
From With Haig on the Somme by Webb, Archibald
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
It has also led to the reappearance of an old symbol of Africa's colonial past: the white kepis of the French Foreign Legion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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