tuques

• “I grew up in Calgary, where winters were definedby snow and snowsuits, giant mitts and yes, that Canadian thing, tuques.”

  Hated Winter: From Snow to Rainforest « Colleen Anderson

• “A sunny day with temperatures in the 40s will find Saabophiles motoring happily along with the wind in their woollies and tuques, presumably with heated seats and capable Swedish heaters cranked all the way up.”

  Consumer Reports: Saab convertible drivers weather the storm, top down

• “Canada clinched its spot after winning the final match against Honduras 2-1 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with the Hondurans wearing tuques and gloves on the field due to the cold weather.”

  Canada World Cup 1986

• “The tuques and scarves don't change road conditions.”

  a blurb for bicycle errands

• “We bought matching tuques that clearly stated our place of visit (yeah, un hun, we're geeks).”

  Wine and Cheese

• “To wear these badges and shout for him," replied Jude, displaying the contents of his parcel, a couple of dozen red woollen tuques.”

  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette

• “There were miners in dark clothes and peak caps; citizens in ordinary garb; ranch-men in wide cowboy hats and buckskin shirts and leggings, some with cartridge-belts and pistols; a few half-breeds and Indians in half-native, half-civilized dress; and scattering through the crowd, the lumbermen with gay scarlet and blue blanket coats, and some with knitted tuques of the same colour.”

  The Ontario High School Reader

• “A platoon going into the trenches looks more like a gang of railway labourerssome with Balaklava helmets, some with tuques, some with waterproof sheets about their shoulders, some wearing rubber boots, some wearing Strathconas, some wheeling barrows and others carrying bundles over their shoulders.”

  With Canada at the Front

• “There were miners in dark clothes and peak caps; citizens in ordinary garb; ranchmen in wide cowboy hats and buckskin shirts and leggings, some with cartridge-belts and pistols; a few half-breeds and Indians in half-native, half-civilised dress; and scattering through the crowd the lumbermen with gay scarlet and blue blanket coats, and some with knitted tuques of the same colours.”

  Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks

• “They were as ferocious looking a lot of men as could well be got together, even in that country and in those days -- shaggy of hair and beard, dressed out in red and blue and green jerseys, with knitted sashes about their waists, and red and blue and green tuques on their heads.”

  The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa

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