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fire shovel hat

fire shovel hat is the alternative form of shovel hat.

Meaning of shovel hat

Noun

shovel hat (plural shovel hats)

  1. (informal) A broad-brimmed style of hat, varying widely in detail, generally turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy.
    • At one period, our ministers, were distinguished and held in contempt for their Puritanism and Methodism; but now they excite risibility, by the use of the "fire shovel hat".1816, The NEW EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE AND Theological Review
  2. (colloquial, obsolete) During the period of the popularity of shovel hats as clerical hats: any ecclesiastic, particularly one in traditional garb.
    • I expected that the fire-shovel hats would get it in that Number; and they have got it, and laid on with a heavy hand!1822, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, August 10, p. 367

Forms of fire shovel hat

pluralfire shovel hats

Questions about fire shovel hat

What is fire shovel hat the alternative form of?
Fire shovel hat is the alternative form of shovel hat.

Words near fire shovel hat in the dictionary

  1. fire services
  2. fire ship
  3. fire ships
  4. fire shirt
  5. fire shirts
  6. fire shovel hat
  7. fire sign
  8. fire signs
  9. fire site
  10. fire spear
  11. fire spears

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