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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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
Normal is red-haired singer Kim Petras wearing an artistically designed horse’s head as a breastplate, and Naomi Campbell in a sky-high stovepipe hat, looking like she was about to terrorize 1888 London.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2021
Like Abraham Lincoln’s stovepipe hat and Elvis’ white jumpsuit, the delicate semicircle of lace at the neck has become instant visual shorthand for RBG.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2020
He was wearing tails and a stovepipe hat that rested at an angle above his dark glasses, smiling through the smoke at the people who resisted his appeals.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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