porkpie

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Some good matronly woman in a porkpie hat to mother him.

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  • Despite the young man's recollection of the murder, his cousin is not dead -- in fact, she's very much alive -- and the man seeks the help of some creepy guys in white face-paint and porkpie hats to help him make sense of the situation. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • Allen, the trumpeter with the porkpie hat and crooked grin, has practically been a one-man scene-maker since arriving in Montreal from Guelph a couple of years ago, as he's also one of the people behind L'Envers, the performance space at 185 Van Horne that's been running since September.
  • It was good times for guys in porkpie hats and girls with librarian glasses. —  LA Weekly | Complete Issue
  • Seth Walker has never really seemed to know where to lay his musical porkpie hat. —  PopMatters
  • And the skinny guy in the wife-beater and porkpie hat with his longboard skate! —  LA TACO
 

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