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Hat

noun

Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim. Synonyms: chapeau, lid.

An informal term for a person's role.

verb

Put on or wear a hat.

Furnish with a hat.

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"Hat" Quotes from Famous Books

... intention of breaking away he did not show it. He rose to his feet, shook himself, and picking up his hat, which had been knocked off, put it on, took it off again, glanced round for one he considered suitable, snatched it from its wearer's head, put it on his own and pitched the one he had worn to the miner he had robbed, and then stepped ...

— Sappers and Miners - The Flood beneath the Sea • George Manville Fenn

... sounded trumpets, and marched into the Market-place. The cheers clipped him like heady wine; but it was the eloquence of the women's handkerchiefs that really gave him heart. Standing in his stirrups, hat in hand, he ...

— The Forest Lovers • Maurice Hewlett

... the yellow paper shade around the light which made the young girl's face look so ghastly, or the rusty black clothes she wore. A plain skirt, the same that she had worn when he saw her first, a black stuff cape of home-made pattern, and a big black straw hat which had evidently done duty throughout the summer; all were neatly brushed and clean, but well-worn and lusterless, and they heightened the appearance of deadly pallor ...

— The Wharf by the Docks - A Novel • Florence Warden

... out there," said Nat, fanning himself with a wide haymaker's hat, such as both he and Dodo had worn since they came ...

— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

... up-rushing flood that suffused his bronzed face, and the roots of his hair tingled to the blush. Then he realized that he was staring rudely at Miss Sheldon and had not yet responded to her greeting. He discovered, too, that the brim of his hat was suffering grievous damage in the grip of his nervously twisting fingers, and that the sun was beating on his ...

— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle

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