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Shako

noun
1.
Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.  Synonyms: bearskin, busby.






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"Shako" Quotes from Famous Books



... vord for any ting else in de large vorld, mi Capitain; but I see someting glance behind dat rampart, parapet you call, dat look dem like de shako of de infanterie legere of dat willain de Emperor Napoleon. Ah! I see de red worsted epaulet of de grenadier also; sacre! vat is dat pof of ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott

... his cart in front of him, and at the very moment when he was about to turn into the Rue des Vielles-Haudriettes, found himself face to face with a uniform, a shako, a plume, and ...
— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo

... of them, a big shako on his head, "there ain't an Indian 'tween here an' St. Regis. We thought you were British, an' it's lucky we did n't charge in the dark; we 'd have cut you all to pieces before we knew ...
— D'Ri and I • Irving Bacheller



Words linked to "Shako" :   hat, lid, chapeau



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