Scotch bonnet


noun
  1. 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.

Origin of Scotch bonnet

1
First recorded in 1840–45; so called from its shape

Words Nearby Scotch bonnet

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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.

  • Indeed it pierced his Scotch bonnet and tore it from his head.

    Old Farm Fairies: | Henry Christopher McCook
  • Very 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 Barr
  • He 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 Barr
  • The men wear a sort of Scotch bonnet, with a short jacket and trowsers, and are an amazingly athletic and active people.