deerstalker

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Meanwhile, co-star Rachel McAdams has confirmed that the film will probably omit some of the character's signature elements, such as the deerstalker cap and the catchprase "Elementary, my dear Watson."

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  1. noun A tight-fitting hat with visors in the front and back, originally worn by hunters.

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  • Since Shad had on his nineteenth-century Watson getup, complete with genuine houndstooth Sherlock Holmes deerstalker (a size too small) atop his head, a wedding party parking attendant advanced upon his side of the vehicle. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • It was Thomas Goodheart, but to my enormous consternation, it was also Sherlock Holmes--not he of the Sussex cottage but the figure of stage and, recently, screen, complete with deerstalker, absurdly large calabash pipe, and tweed cloak. —  The Game--Laurie King--Mary Russell 07
  • He dresses flamboyantly - deerstalker hat, Sherlock Holmes cape of expensive Harris tweed, plus-fours and spats. —  dummy 3
  • I'm guessing that you'll be wearing more of a scientist's hat (or lab-coat) than the atheist's deerstalker for your columns, and I have to confess that I lurk here for the atheism more than the science, but I'll definitely be following you over at the Guardian. —  Pharyngula
  • He wore a deerstalker hat, played his bugle at the cenotaph and sang in churches around town. —  Express & Star
 

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