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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.

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  • noun Alternative form of Homburg.

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  • noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown

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Examples

  • After Luke Voyles of Fisk and Elizabeth Campbell of Centerville eventually misspelled a word, Summer Johnston of Advance accurately spelled 'homburg' to take first place.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2010

  • After Luke Voyles of Fisk and Elizabeth Campbell of Centerville eventually misspelled a word, Summer Johnston of Advance accurately spelled 'homburg' to take first place.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2010

  • I went over there decked out in a cashmere coat, homburg and a long cigar.

    Tycoon Churned Out Doctors in Caribbean Stephen Miller 2011

  • Chase, dressed for once like everyone else in a dark coat and pants, his homburg pulled low over his forehead.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Notwithstanding Clegg's reassuring 1950s cardigan-model looks, I doubt that any significant part of the seething electorate naturally supports the Liberal Party which has no more connection with the zeitgeist than Jeremy Thorpe's homburg or Gladstone's bag.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • Notwithstanding Clegg's reassuring 1950s cardigan-model looks, I doubt that any significant part of the seething electorate naturally supports the Liberal Party which has no more connection with the zeitgeist than Jeremy Thorpe's homburg or Gladstone's bag.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • I'm looking at the last homburg in south-east London, perhaps in western Europe.

    Michael Frayn: The day my life changed Michael Frayn 2010

  • The shiver of death walked over barmaid Mehalah Mussett's grave at the two 6'5 yanks, wearing dark glasses and homburg hats, their fat trigger fingers twitching expectantly, stood in the lounge bar waiting to be served.

    Oh Christ I`m Related To Harriet Harman Newmania 2008

  • Not always in a black homburg? sometimes in a brown trilby.

    Michael Frayn: The day my life changed Michael Frayn 2010

  • In all the years I've spent imagining myself into the heads of characters in plays and novels I've never really tried to feel what it was like to be that rather striking real character in the homburg hat.

    Michael Frayn: The day my life changed Michael Frayn 2010

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