(bowler hat)

  • 1bowler hat — bowler hats N COUNT A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common. [mainly BRIT] Syn: bowler (in AM, use derby) …

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  • 2bowler hat — noun count MAINLY BRITISH a DERBY hat …

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  • 3Bowler hat — Man wearing bowler hat in 1916. The bowler hat, also known as a coke hat, derby (US), billycock or bombin,[1] is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for the English soldier and politician Edward Coke, the younger… …

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  • 4bowler hat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bowler hat : singular bowler hat plural bowler hats a hard round black hat, worn especially by businessmen in the past • Cultural note: Bowler hats are thought of as being typical of civil servants and… …

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  • 5bowler hat —    the discharge, especially prematurely, of an officer from the armed services    What was once the standard business headgear replaces the uniform cap:     Command in the desert was regarded as an almost certain prelude to a bowler hat.… …

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  • 6bowler hat sign — on a radiograph of the colon, a shadow resembling a bowler hat, representing the filling defect of either a sessile polyp on the inferior wall or a diverticulum …

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  • 7bowler hat — noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim • Syn: ↑bowler, ↑derby hat, ↑derby, ↑plug hat • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑lid …

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  • 8bowler hat — noun A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim; no longer commonly worn Syn: bowler, derby …

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  • 9bowler hat — /boʊlə ˈhæt/ (say bohluh hat) noun → bowler1. –bowler hatted /boʊlə ˈhætəd/ (say bohluh hatuhd), adjective …

  • 10bowler hat — Cockney Rhyming Slang Chat Let s get together for a bowler …

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