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- n. Plural form of earflap.
Examples
“Surface decoration is also important, so that shells, beads and buttons are often sewn onto the earflaps, which is the part of the chullo that is most visible men usually wear felt hats on top of their chullos.”
“These aren’t the kind of earflaps my hats in Chicago have.”
“Guerra judged the fashion show along with fellow Colorado Project Runway alumni Fallene Wells and Julie Tierney, the latter sporting an enormous fuzzy white hat with earflaps that practically enveloped her entire head.”
“He wore a brown parka, a knit scarf, and a hunting cap with earflaps, which he had pulled down and tied under his chin.”
“I think those trapper hats with earflaps are goofy, but I want my ears covered.”
“Brown corduroy, the earflaps tied on top, the same size cap he bought when he was young, but at eighty-six”
“Go wear your fish-fur then. (obscure history note: Russian troops in the "great Patriotic War" were issued ushankas (fur hats with earflaps) made with a synthetic pile the troops called fish-fur because it plainly came from no known animal).”
“It's made by cabela's and has earflaps and a bill.”
“Tom Daw pulled down his earflaps, drew on his mittens, and passed out.”
“And, although I can jam on a batting helmet, the earflaps flip off my glasses.”
The Huffington Post: Peter Mandel: The Boys of Summer: Turning Fifty at Red Sox Fantasy Camp.
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brtom "Here come old kerosene hat with his earflaps waxed
a'courting his girl"
Cracker, from the title song of the album Kerosene Hat Feb 6, 2007
brtom "... while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15 Feb 6, 2007