Scotch bonnet
a small, irregularly shaped, extremely hot chile pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero and ranging from yellow to red.
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How to use Scotch bonnet in a sentence
Two hundred guineas was collected for him, and the mob hung a jack-boot and a "Scotch bonnet" on a gibbet and then burnt them.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntIndeed it pierced his Scotch bonnet and tore it from his head.
Old Farm Fairies: | Henry Christopher McCookVery soon she saw him coming, his Scotch bonnet pulled over his brows, his steps steadied by his shepherd's staff.
Winter Evening Tales | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrHe put the paper in his pocket, and, hastily resuming his old army cloak and Scotch bonnet, went out without a word to anyone.
Winter Evening Tales | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrThe men wear a sort of Scotch bonnet, with a short jacket and trowsers, and are an amazingly athletic and active people.
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade | William Surtees
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