Meanings
nounplug hat (plural plug hats)
plural plug hats
- A hard, black hat with a narrow brim, such as a bowler or top hat.
Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
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