watch cap
Americannoun
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U.S. Navy. a dark-blue, knitted woolen cap with a turned-up cuff worn by enlisted personnel on duty in cold weather.
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any wool or woollike cap resembling this and sold commercially in various colors.
noun
Etymology
Origin of watch cap
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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On the coldest days this past December, his concession was a light jacket and watch cap.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Jan designed Gaye’s iconic signature look in the ‘70s: red watch cap, beaded denim shirt, red-laced high-heeled silver boots. She also sang backup vocals on Marvin’s quixotic hit from 1977, “Got to Give It Up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
She looks younger than she is, in round eyeglasses and a yellow Minnesota Vikings watch cap she bought not because she is a fan but because she liked the looks of the Viking.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
Hader wore a blue watch cap and had a three-day beard, showing the effects of his cold and the slog of production; on set, he’d observed, “After a four-month shoot, our bodies are falling apart.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
Mom saw me and called me back, handing me a knit watch cap.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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