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slouch hat
[Cf. slouched ppl. a.]
A hat of soft or unstiffened felt or other material, esp. one having a broad brim which hangs or lops down over the face.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iv. iii, A grand controversy which there was, as to ‘slouch-hats or slouched-hats’. 1843Le Fevre Life Trav. Phys. I. i. i. 11 A celebrated doctor who wore a slouch hat. 1891Mrs. Clifford Love-Lett. Worldly Woman vii. 92, I prefer..thick muddy shoes and a slouch hat to a slim umbrella and a frock-coat.
So slouch-hatted a., wearing or having a slouch hat.
1826Scott Woodst. v, A slouch-hatted, long-cloaked, sour-faced fanatic. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. v. i, Much may remain unfixed..in the Slouch-hatted heads, in the French Nation's head. 1897Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 5/3 A group of slouch-hatted warriors. |