Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cap with a long peak, worn by jockeys.
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Examples
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I exchanged my laced hat for a jockey-cap, and made some progress in their opinion; I broke a young colt in a manner which carried me further into their good graces.
Rob Roy 2005
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George liked riding, and had taught her to ride; and she now perpetually made her appearance in her riding-habit and little jockey-cap, wishing she could do something for me here or there.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various
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She reined in the colt, adjusted her jockey-cap, and pulled her dog-skin gauntlets further over her sleeves.
Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin
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However, when she came downstairs at the appointed time, in her brown velvet jockey-cap, top-boots, breeches and gloves complete, she looked so determined and efficient I felt reassured.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 Various
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The dome of the Corn Market is a jockey-cap set on the top of a high ladder.
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Without reason, against prudence, and at a moment's notice, he fell in love with a frivolous, golden-haired girl who used to tear about Simla Mall on a high, rough waler, with a blue velvet jockey-cap crammed over her eyes.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Without reason, against prudence, and at a moment's notice, he fell in love with a frivolous, golden-haired girl who used to tear about Simla Mall on a high, rough waler, with a blue velvet jockey-cap crammed over her eyes.
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I exchanged my laced hat for a jockey-cap, and made some progress in their opinion; I broke a young colt in a manner which carried me further into their good graces.
Rob Roy 1887
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On the next Saturday, as Mr. Ashburn was walking over his farm, he saw a man sitting on one of his fences, dressed in a jockey-cap, and wearing a short hunting-coat.
Off-Hand Sketches 1847
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I was full of sorrow, but, by one of those whimsical thoughts which come unbidden into our heads, in times of deepest grief, I no sooner saw the bonnet than I was reminded of a helmet; and in that hybrid bonnet, half helmet, half jockey-cap, did Miss
Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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