slouch hat


noun
  1. a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.

Origin of slouch hat

1
First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby slouch hat

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How to use slouch hat in a sentence

  • The Mexican immediately pulled off his ragged slouch-hat and his tattered coat.

    Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews
  • He pictured Maizie as wearing overalls, a man's shirt with the tail out, a big slouch hat, and buckskin gloves.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • To scare the grocer with a slouch hat and a medieval oath was not only a youthful ebullition, it was a symbolic act.

    Vie de Bohme | Orlo Williams
  • He wore a rusty slouch hat, no coat, a faded blue flannel shirt, a Navy revolver; his trousers were hanging on his boot tops.

  • Then he settled his aged and infirm slouch hat more firmly upon his round-domed skull, straightened his shoulders and stumped out.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for slouch hat

slouch hat

noun
  1. any soft hat with a brim that can be pulled down over the ears, esp an Australian army hat with the left side of the brim turned up

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