hats

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On the present occasion he was in the midst of a double row of fashionable hats, and beneath the hats were the faces of fourteen feminine relatives and acquaintances.

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  1. noun A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.
  2. noun A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.
  3. noun The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.
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  • It is, of course, so far true that her hats are always of the same shape, and that they are always made of black felt or black straw, according to the season. —  Vanishing Point - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 24: 1953
  • The mill guys called them white-hats, these management teams that flew in to tour the facilities, shaking hands, smiling under their spotless white hardhats, attempting to fit their immediate surroundings into the flowchart of the company's latest international acquisitions. —  FSF,June2008
  • Several of the Sailors had a bloody Ear hanging down from their heads; and on their hats were these words, EAR FOR EAR; on others, NO SEARCH OR NO TRADE; with the like sentences Gentleman's Magazine for 1739, p. 103;--our DATES, as always, are N. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • The little hall where they left their hats was as warm as a conservatory and smelt like one. —  Death In Ecstasy - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 04: 1936
  • As many FR readers know one of my hats is as Chair of the CRP Initiatives Committee. —  AroundTheCapitol.com
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grey hat · black hat · white hat · chapeau-bras · slouch hat · Watteau hat · wide-awake · watch cap · zucchetto · Tyrolean hat · tuque

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