tuque

American  

[took, tyook] / tuk, tjuk /

noun

1. a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.

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tuque British  

/ tuːk /

noun

1. a knitted cap with a long tapering end

2. Also called: toque.  a close-fitting knitted hat often with a tassel or pompom

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Etymology

Origin of tuque

1870–75; < Canadian French, variant of French toque toque

Example Sentences

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tuque

Buoy offered a friendly, arms-wide-open greeting, then deftly plucked the youth’s black tuque from his head and tossed it two seat rows behind him.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

And you can’t do that while staring through the Kraken-logo’d game sweater, tuque, earrings, belt and track pants of the fan in front of you.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

I open de door, an' pass outside   For see mese'f how de night is look An' de star is commence for go couché   De mountain also is put on hees tuque.

From The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems by Drummond, William Henry

In the meanwhile old McGurn was busy in the store and Sophy put on her woollen tuque and her mitts.

From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

He wore a short blanket coat and tuque, and trousers tied tight below the knee, and let into his moccasin-tops.

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian