picture hat

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noun

a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.

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Origin of picture hat

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby picture hat

picture, picture book, picture card, picture disc, picturegoer, picture hat, picture house, picture is worth a thousand words, one, picture messaging, picture mold, picture moulding

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How to use picture hat in a sentence

The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
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There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
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I noticed a picture of her daughter, who was my classmate, and out of curiosity visited her page.
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We want to give the families and the other cops, too, as clear a picture as we can.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
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Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
"I hope you don't think I speak always to strangers, like that," said the girl in the rose hat.
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British Dictionary definitions for picture hat

picture hat

noun

a decorated hat with a very wide brim, esp as worn by women in paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds

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