billycock

• The blow effectually spoilt the billycock, however, and stretched its owner insensible on the floor The other burglar was too close behind his comrade to permit of a second blow being struck. —  Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
• Putting on the billycock, and tying the green cotton kerchief loosely round his neck to hide his shirt, he stepped in front of the looking-glass above the mantelpiece At sight of himself he was prepared to be amused, but he had not expected to be shocked! —  Charlie to the Rescue
• Let it fit her The shopwoman produced a head-dress, which Tottie afterwards described as a billycock 'at with a feather in it. —  Post Haste
• He stood four feet one in his slipshod boots The hat which adorned his head was an old white billycock, which in its palmy days might have adorned noble brows, so fashionable were its pretensions. —  The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch
• Canon Parr is an easy-going, genial, educated man kindly disposed towards good living, not blessed with over much money, fond of wearing a billycock, and strongly in love with a cloak. —  Our Churches and Chapels

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