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

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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

But Baptiste, waving his lines high in one hand seizes his tuque with the other, whirls it about his head and flings it with a fiercer yell than ever at the bronchos.

From Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks by Ralph Connor

The militia wore such toggery as they could get—grey homespun coat with red sash, cowskin boots, and the traditional tuque bleue.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by John Lespérance

The pursued one was evidently in considerable distress; his face matched the colour of his knitted crimson tuque, at the end of which a long blue tassel dangled in a fantastic fashion.

From The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion by John Mackie

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