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porkpie hat

British  
/ ˈpɔːkˌpaɪ /

noun

  1. a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Ross, wearing a blazer, pigtails and a shrunken porkpie hat, has through-the-roof charisma, even in a Zoom window.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021

Baumbach first cast Driver in a small role, in “Frances Ha,” as a hipster in a porkpie hat.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019

He kept one hand on the door handle, the other on Cool Papa’s porkpie hat.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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