sailor hat

noun

A straw hat with wide brim, formerly worn by sailors and a common fashion item in the 19th century.

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nounsailor hat (plural sailor hats)

plural sailor hats

  1. A straw hat with wide brim, formerly worn by sailors and a common fashion item in the 19th century.

    We did not even possess "two coats apiece" - our ordinary costume being waterproof monkey jackets, sailor hats with puggarees twined round them, and some simple white muslin or fresh cotton dresses.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 25
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