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ˈbroad-brim colloq.
a. A hat with a broad brim.
b. A nickname for one who wears such a hat; a Quaker.
1749Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. x. 78 This the Quaker had observed, and this..inspired honest Broadbrim with a Conceit. 1797Lamb Lett. iii. (1837) I. 75 The congregation of broad⁓brims..were too much for his gravity. 1855S. Lover Handy Andy xxxvi, ‘Now [fire] once through my broad-brim’, quoth Ephraim. 1863Sala Capt. Danger. I. x. 310 There are hearts of gold among those Broadbrims.
Hence broad-brimmed a.; broad-brimmer, a broad-brimmed hat (colloq.).
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2350/4 One silver broad brim'd Bason. 1716Lady M. W. Montague Lett. I. iii. 12 The parson clapped on a broad brimmed hat. 1860Heads & Hats 13 Flat caps and broad-brimmers were..fashionable. 1872Hardwick Trad. Lanc. 156 The wild huntsman may always be recognised by his broad-brimmed hat. |