porkpie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of porkpie
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The RAV4 is to modern suburbia what porkpie hats were to ’50s dads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The tough-guy role, for which he donned a porkpie hat, was modeled after New York Police Det.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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
“Looking like an American Joe College in sports clothes and a porkpie hat,” according to an Associated Press story.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
But when a young woman picked up Cool Papa’s porkpie hat and placed it on her head, Clayton couldn’t stop himself.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
