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I struggled through the "Eikon Basilike" yesterday; one of the paltriest pieces of vapid, shovel-hatted, clear-starched, immaculate falsity and cant I have ever read.

From Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles by Various

Apparently the Church was interested in the election, for every shovel-hatted padre in the district seemed to have come in for it.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen

There are boys' schools out for a walk in charge of shovel-hatted priests.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen

Frank Lara so dispenses with a liberal hand; and is therefore styled “Don” Francisco—saluted as such by the sandalled monks and shovel-hatted priests who come in contact with him.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne

Hucksters are pleading their varied wares in the plaza, and here and there a shovel-hatted priest is given reverential right of way.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa