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tuque

[ took, tyook ]

noun

  1. a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.


tuque

/ tuːk /

noun

  1. a knitted cap with a long tapering end
  2. Also calledtoque a close-fitting knitted hat often with a tassel or pompom
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuque1

1870–75; < Canadian French, variant of French toque toque
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuque1

C19: from Canadian French, from French: toque
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Example Sentences

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.

Guilbeault grew up in La Tuque, Quebec, a city of 11,000 where forestry has long helped drive the economy.

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.

And this little tuque on your head?

And, as if the atmosphere alone weren’t macabre enough, the reason Gamache is freezing the pompoms off his French Canadian tuque in an approaching blizzard is because he’s been summoned there via letter by a solicitor he knows to be dead.

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