butcher's mourning

noun

A white hat with a black mourning hatband.

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nounbutcher's mourning (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteslanguncountableA white hat with a black mourning hatband.

    Hats off, down there, you in the white hat and crape — you in the butcher's mourning — bonnet him — silence! Yes, says the Brahmin, the ceremony is about to begin; the national games are about to commence.

    1855, William Calcraft, The Groans of the Gallows, page 13
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