scarlet hat
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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As he said these words a grey-haired priest entered, bearing on a cushion the scarlet hat of a prince of the church, and following him, half-a-dozen gentlemen, and grooms of the chamber.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
Don Jaques di Morella determines to marry his daughter, Clementina, to a certain Cardinal, who has offered to renounce the scarlet hat for love of her.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie
She wore a scarlet hat and habit, and looked to Norah very like a Christmas card.
From A Little Bush Maid by Bruce, Mary Grant
She had a little scarlet hat pulled down over her curly brown hair, and she wore a simple blue traveling-suit that set off her slender figure perfectly.
From The Plastic Age by Marks, Percy
As well say why a cirrus cloud is better than a sycamore and a sycamore better than a scarlet hat.
From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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