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  • noun Plural form of deerstalker.

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Examples

  • "There was more of the dressing up years ago where people wore deerstalkers, men had pipes and the Adventuresses had parties where Victorian attire was strongly encouraged," said Ms. Moran, 50 years old, of Sherlockian events in the 70s and 80s.

    The Case of the Sherlock Convention Jo Piazza 2012

  • No group of winners enjoyed a more perverse windfall than gun-shop owners, whose showrooms were besieged by militiamen, survivalists, deerstalkers, rifle-range groupies, fans of the cult film Red Dawn, and other Second Amendment bitter-enders loading up on guns, scopes, and ammo as if ready to refight the Battle of the Alamo in the Home Depot parking lot.

    The Good, the Bad, and Joe Lieberman Wolcott, James 2009

  • Does this mean that we can all hang up our deerstalkers and magnifying glasses now?

    Beyonce & Jay-Z Get Married On The Hush, Perhaps 2008

  • He left Urbs Romae behind and half jogged through Frontier Town, with its saloons and strolling "cowboys," then picked up speed through Victoria Station's "cobbled" streets, lined with shops whose windows boasted graceful Victorian gowns and masculine deerstalkers.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

  • -- The following etymology of "heaviers" will probably be considered as not satisfactory, but this extract will show that the term itself is in use amongst the Scotch deerstalkers in the neighbourhood of Loch Lomond.

    Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 Various

  • Our yachting caps and deerstalkers had been shade enough on board ship, but not for a four days 'ride across country in wind and a dust storm.

    A Girl's Ride in Iceland George Harley 1862

  • Models in layers of swishing overcoats in heavy tweeds and fur-lined deerstalkers opened the show, followed by straight-laced Victorian gentlemen in bowler hats and razor-cut three piece suits.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Models in layers of swishing overcoats in heavy tweeds and fur-lined deerstalkers opened the show, followed by straight-laced Victorian gentlemen in bowler hats and razor-cut three piece suits.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • Models in layers of swishing overcoats in heavy tweeds and fur-lined deerstalkers opened theshow, followed by straight-laced Victorian gentlemen in bowler hats and razor-cut three piece suits.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

  • Models in layers of swishing overcoats in heavy tweeds and fur-lined deerstalkers opened the show, followed by straight-laced Victorian gentlemen in bowler hats and razor-cut three piece suits.

    The Seattle Times 2010

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