deerstalker

• “I hesitated a little when I realized that the clothes he had brought for me were my own, but of the kind one wore for hunting, even down to the knee-high leather boots, tweed breeches and a three-eared cap-what they call a deerstalker in England-which I fastened under my chin.”

  The Dreamthief's Daughter

• “(I can still remember the cover of that book by the way, with its iconic painting of Holmes in deerstalker cap and magnifying glass).”

  November 2007

• “The clues aren't obvious—very few will be decked in deerstalker hats or carrying a pipe, and they most pointedly do not say, "Elementary, my dear Watson," a phrase their hero never once uttered in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Case of the Sherlock Convention

• “The deerstalker updated for today's modern man by Galliano.”

  Holmesian chic (fashion roundup)

• “Known for his deerstalker hat and courtside seat, Mieuli purchased a stake in the Warriors 'organization when it moved West from Philadelphia in 1962.”

  Golden State Warriors Team Report

• “CUT TO: black cloud of smoke wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat I believe they are called “deerstalker”, no doubt because of all those deer Sherlock Holmes killed by leaping out of trees and ripping out their throats with his teeth.”

  Fictionaut: Batteries For Smoke Detectors

• “Those never exposed to Sherlock Holmes beyond the vague idea of the stodgy Brit in the deerstalker cap and cloak while wielding a giant magnifying glass will discover an energetic and exciting spin on the character.”

  SHERLOCK HOLMES Review – Collider.com

• “Even now, more than 80 years since his death, and a century and a quarter since fiction's most celebrated consulting detective made his bow in "A Study in Scarlet" 1887, any impressionist who ventures onto a television screen in a deerstalker hat with a murmur of "Elementary, my dear Watson" can be sure of having four-fifths of the audience instantly on his side.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Game Is Always Afoot

• “The world also lost Franklin Mieuli, quite possibly the only NBA owner to sport a deerstalker cap on the sidelines.”

  The Washington Post: The Daily Goodbye ... Resuscitated

• “There are times my tinfoil deerstalker tells me that the media and DC and Wall Street love that campaign money so much, they keep moving the bart on us so we continue to spend billions on political advertising.”

  Eight Dem Senators Defend the Right to Filibuster Climate Change

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