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picture hat

picture hat noun: an elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim, typically black with feathers or other decorations.

Noun

picture hat (plural picture hats)

  1. An elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim, typically black with feathers or other decorations.
    • On the way back to the studio he bought a packet of cigarettes, and when Miss Gimblet, in a large picture hat, was discovered waiting for them on the stairs, his voice was loudest in acclaiming the occasion festive.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 64
    • Mildred wore a black picture hat with ostrich feathers in it, which became her well.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 61, in Of Human Bondage

Synonyms of picture hat

Forms of picture hat

pluralpicture hats

Questions about picture hat

What does picture hat mean?
Picture hat means an elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim, typically black with feathers or other decorations.
What part of speech is picture hat?
Picture hat is a noun.
What is the plural of picture hat?
The plural of picture hat is picture hats.

Words near picture hat in the dictionary

  1. picture editors
  2. picture frame
  3. picture frames
  4. picture framing
  5. picture framings
  6. picture hat
  7. picture hats
  8. picture house
  9. picture houses
  10. picture lock
  11. picture message

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