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straw-hat

straw-hat

See also: strawhat and straw hat

English

Noun

straw-hat (plural straw-hats)

  1. Alternative form of straw hat
    • 1865, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?:
      He had on his head a jaunty little straw-hat, and he wore a jacket with brass buttons, and white trousers.
    • 2012, Ron Hess, A Border Story, ISBN 1581244673:
      l walked out into the afternoon sun and instantly noted I didn't have my straw-hat on.
    • 2012, C. Parkes, Children's Literature and Capitalism, ISBN 1137265094:
      He had provided himself, among other things, with a complete suit of oil-skin, and a straw-hat with a very low crown, pitched or caulked on the outside.