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shako
or shack·o
[ shak-oh, shey-koh ]
noun
, plural shak·os or shack·os, shak·oes or shack·oes.
- a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
shako
/ ˈʃækəʊ /
noun
- a tall usually cylindrical military headdress, having a plume and often a peak, popular esp in the 19th century
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shako1
C19: via French from Hungarian csákó, from Middle High German zacke a sharp point
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Example Sentences
En shore enough when we got to Little Rock and Shako got holt of some sugarcane, he win that old elephant's respect instanter.
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Two of these had the number of their regiment on their shako.
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At the same moment, the door from the corridor opened, and the orderly entered, his hand at his shako.
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Had I run on for a few more minutes in the dark, I should have butted my shako against the wall.
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I stood there in my heavy coat and my poor battered shako, my chin upon my chest, and my eyelids over my eyes.
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