chimney-pot hat
chimney-pot hat noun: a type of cylindrical top hat traditionally worn as formal attire.
Noun
chimney-pot hat (plural chimney-pot hats)
- A type of cylindrical top hat traditionally worn as formal attire.
- They have a peculiar style of dress which they wear among themselves, a close-fitting white shirt with black trousers, and a black frock or upper shirt. The women seem to prefer a dress entirely black. On festivals and state occasions they adopt the swallow-tail coat, chimney-pot hat, and their...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 471
Forms of chimney-pot hat
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Questions about chimney-pot hat
- What does chimney-pot hat mean?
- Chimney-pot hat means a type of cylindrical top hat traditionally worn as formal attire.
- What part of speech is chimney-pot hat?
- Chimney-pot hat is a noun.
- What is the plural of chimney-pot hat?
- The plural of chimney-pot hat is chimney-pot hats.
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