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sports cap

British  

noun

  1. a hat designed for sports or to look sporty

  2. a special top for a bottle, designed to aid drinking without spilling

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It would be one thing if the sports cap had achieved its purported goal of easing the financial burden of hosting the Olympics.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2014

The wrestling debacle, however frustrating, was ultimately a very good thing: It took such an over-the-top screw-up to kill the sports cap.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2014

The sports cap produced some ridiculous situations, such as when the IOC removed wrestling from the Summer Olympics program in February 2013 only to add it back in as a “new” sport seven months later.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2014

A sports cap the size of a manhole cover jammed down on his great shock of white hair, the American traveler stood by China's Great Wall and sang Danny Boy.

From Time Magazine Archive

I pulled on a fancy sports cap, buckled the cape up tight, and was ready to go.

From The Misplaced Battleship by John Schoenherr

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