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service cap

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.


Etymology

Origin of service cap

First recorded in 1905–10

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Lauren Spahn, an intellectual property expert with the law firm Buchalter, also claims the service cap is less restrictive than it may appear.

From Slate Mar. 10, 2026

Resting on the casket: a service cap and a photograph.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2022

They dressed him up in formal wear, with his service cap.

From The New Yorker Oct. 26, 2015

The Emperor wore the simple khaki uniform of a generalissimo, a service cap tucked under his left arm and his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

From Time Magazine Archive

In salute he brought a gauze-wrapped hand to his head, a head so thickly swathed in bandages that only his face was showing and his service cap sat perched at a ridiculous angle.

From Aces Up by Covington Clarke

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