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(noun) - A white hat with a black mourning hatband, probably because a butcher would rather not wear a black hat. White hats and black bands have, however, become genteel ever since the late Prince Consort Albert patronized them. --John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1887
February 7, 2018