Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A type of felt hat with a wide brim, typically worn by cowboys.
Etymologies
- From Stetson, the brand of a manufacturer of felt hats founded by John B. Stetson (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The "stetson" version was a joking paraphrase. hatikvah Why not capitalized? and that ain't hay ... it means: ` don't turn your nose up at that, it's not to be ignored '.”
“dunkwun 5 months ago my glasses say "stetson" i dont know if you were talking about my glasses. i have no idea. i got these at sears cause they were cheap.”
“And with his giant stetson and shiny black leather jacket I'm gonna say that Jason's kinda party looks like MY kinda party.9.34pm: Kenny Chesney is singing on one of the little stages in the middle of the room.”
“There are romantic images of Mounties on their horses, dressed in the traditional red serge uniform with the brown stetson hat.”
Who Watches the Watchmen: Police Investigating Themselves « Colleen Anderson
“Boris Johnson may wave the pink stetson, but that hasn't stopped him ordering the Met to evict the Parliament Square peace camp.”
“With their stetson hats and glittery satin outfits, the Gap Band were becoming flamboyant flag-wavers for the funk-R&B boom.”
“I'm sure he keeps it right next to his stetson and his lasso in a closet marked PHOTO-OPS in his office.”
“The brim of the camauro turned up to resemble a stetson!”
Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, October 18, 2009
“I fondly remember Playgirl spreads featuring bogus fishermen or cowboys, naked but for waders or cowboy boots, the cowpoke might have been wearing a stetson too, and it definitely wasn't a good look.”
“Then here comes George Allen on an over-loaded pony, wearing a stetson, prairie attire, and waving to the onlookers like some goofy-weird Cowboy Pope … I mean give it a rest dude.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stetson’.
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names of hats
liripipe, cowl, capuchon, liripipium, snood, bonnet, toque, turban, poke, toboggan-cap, crown, fedora and 72 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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mccaff's Words
schadenfreude, defenestration, monogamous, epipsychidion, chintz, befall, brouhaha, shenanigans, hooligans, lambasted, servitude, portcullis and 113 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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eponymous fabrics or articles of clot...
several of these characters seem to have been involved in the Crimean War
cardigan, balbriggan, balaclava, raglan, macintosh, madras, cashmere, angora, denim, oxford, wigan, bloomers and 24 more...
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Words and phrases from Chris Wooding's book, The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.
griddle, overhead, circumscribe, mawkish, lour, coccyx, stetson, barrister, glut, heath, swill, grog and 47 more...
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