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  • noun Plural form of earflap.

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Examples

  • Surface decoration is also important, so that shells, beads and buttons are often sewn onto the earflaps, which is the part of the chullo that is most visible men usually wear felt hats on top of their chullos.

    A to Z: P is for Peru Unionpearl 2008

  • Surface decoration is also important, so that shells, beads and buttons are often sewn onto the earflaps, which is the part of the chullo that is most visible men usually wear felt hats on top of their chullos.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Unionpearl 2008

  • These aren’t the kind of earflaps my hats in Chicago have.

    Beat 360° 10/20/08 2008

  • He wore a brown parka, a knit scarf, and a hunting cap with earflaps, which he had pulled down and tied under his chin.

    Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

  • He wore a brown parka, a knit scarf, and a hunting cap with earflaps, which he had pulled down and tied under his chin.

    Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

  • Guerra judged the fashion show along with fellow Colorado Project Runway alumni Fallene Wells and Julie Tierney, the latter sporting an enormous fuzzy white hat with earflaps that practically enveloped her entire head.

    Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle: Mondo Guerra Teams Up With Goodwill for Fun With Clothes Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle 2012

  • Guerra judged the fashion show along with fellow Colorado Project Runway alumni Fallene Wells and Julie Tierney, the latter sporting an enormous fuzzy white hat with earflaps that practically enveloped her entire head.

    Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle: Mondo Guerra Teams Up With Goodwill for Fun With Clothes Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle 2012

  • I think those trapper hats with earflaps are goofy, but I want my ears covered.

    The Winter-Hat Dilemma Teri Agins 2011

  • Guerra judged the fashion show along with fellow Colorado Project Runway alumni Fallene Wells and Julie Tierney, the latter sporting an enormous fuzzy white hat with earflaps that practically enveloped her entire head.

    Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle: Mondo Guerra Teams Up With Goodwill for Fun With Clothes Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle 2012

  • Guerra judged the fashion show along with fellow Colorado Project Runway alumni Fallene Wells and Julie Tierney, the latter sporting an enormous fuzzy white hat with earflaps that practically enveloped her entire head.

    Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle: Mondo Guerra Teams Up With Goodwill for Fun With Clothes Mademoiselle Petulance Forecastle 2012

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  • "... while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins ..."

    Joyce, Ulysses, 15

    February 6, 2007

  • "Here come old kerosene hat with his earflaps waxed

    a'courting his girl"

    Cracker, from the title song of the album Kerosene Hat

    February 6, 2007