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snapbrim

snapbrim adjective: of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.

Adjective

snapbrim (not comparable)

  1. Of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.
    • He had had to accept half a dozen unusually patterned foulard ties, dark socks with fancy clocks, two or three 'display kerchiefs' for his breast pocket, nylon vests and pants (called T-shirts and shorts), a comfortable light-weight camel-hair overcoat with over-buttressed shoulders, a plain grey...1954, Ian Fleming, “A Visiting-Card”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 24

Origin of snapbrim

From snap + brim.

Questions about snapbrim

What does snapbrim mean?
Snapbrim means of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.
What part of speech is snapbrim?
Snapbrim is an adjective.

Words near snapbrim in the dictionary

  1. snaparazzi
  2. snapback
  3. snapbacks
  4. snapbean
  5. snapbeans
  6. snapbrim
  7. snapchat
  8. Snapchats
  9. Snapchattable
  10. Snapchatted
  11. Snapchatter

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