porkpie hat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
But Murphy did offer up that they worked hard to get Oppenheimer’s look right, from the narrow silhouette to the pipe and the porkpie hat.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
The old-timey camera, the porkpie hat, the jazz music and philosophical musings: These elements could easily coalesce into pretension, a gimmick to sell photos to tourists.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2019
For the Zappos Downtown Escapade Tour Experience, held on Friday mornings, our group gathered in the lobby, near a man in a porkpie hat shining shoes.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2017
Still, he put Cool Papa’s porkpie hat in the overnight bag.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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