tuque

American  

[took, tyook] / tuk, tyuk /

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

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

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

From Washington Post

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

And this little tuque on your head?

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post