scarlet hat
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Black-haired, black-eyed, a vivid spot of color in a scarlet cape and a scarlet hat, the child was scattering bread-crumbs to a flock of pigeons.
From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore
Pope Benedict restored the scarlet hat to the cardinals of the Colonnesi family, and reblessed Philip, king of France.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Niccolò Machiavelli
I have an uncle, as you know, high in the favor of the pontiff, and who wears the scarlet hat.
From The Bravo by James Fenimore Cooper
Cecchi died last week, and lay in state all yesterday in his palace, on a high bier, with his face painted and rouged, wearing his robes, and with his scarlet hat on his head.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
The eosine plate was underexposed, but brought up everything fairly well except the scarlet hat, which came up like black.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various
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