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sunhat

British  
/ ˈsʌnˌhæt /

noun

  1. a hat that shades the face and neck from the sun

"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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King co-signed her saggy sunhat with a description provided to EW that could be interpreted as shade: “It's perfect, as if some beautiful, fashionable Hindenburg suddenly dropped on her head.”

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

"Thirty years of democracy means nothing to me, there's nothing to celebrate," said Tasneema Sylvester, who was sitting outside her shack wearing a sunhat, black jeans and a worn-out red T-shirt.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2024

Allee then took Brock’s sunhat and stumbled and fell to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

For their day out-and-about, Lopez donned a simple white shirt and matching shorts with sandals, sunglasses, gold jewelry and a large floppy sunhat.

From Fox News Jul. 27, 2021

As we walked, Raizel carefully readjusted her sunhat.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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