noun
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a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
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Also called: stovepipe hat. a man's tall silk hat
Etymology
Origin of stovepipe
Example Sentences
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Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
That image will prove as iconic as the bearded man in the stovepipe hat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
When you think of Abraham Lincoln, your mind probably conjures up an image of a tall, lanky man with a chinstrap beard and a stovepipe hat.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
The cause has been hampered by evidence that secret efforts to authenticate a stovepipe hat purportedly belonging to Lincoln failed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2019
The boy rubbed his hands together near the stovepipe to warm them.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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