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单词 homburg
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Homburgn.

Brit. /ˈhɒmbəːɡ/, U.S. /ˈhɑmˌbərɡ/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Homburg.
Etymology: < the name of Homburg, a town and spa near Wiesbaden, Germany, where the hat was first worn. Compare German Homburg (1955 or earlier).The hat was manufactured in Homburg by the hat-maker Philipp Möckel, who founded his hat-making company in 1806.
In full Homburg hat. A (man's) felt hat having a narrow curled brim and a tapered crown with a lengthwise indentation.The Homburg hat was originally popularized by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII); a black version was later particularly associated with the British politician Anthony Eden (see Anthony Eden n.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > with dented, creased crown and curled brim
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1882 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 17 Oct. 2/5 (advt.) Homburg Hats. Ladies who desire to obtain these famous Hats, made in Homburg, and so specially patronised by the Prince and Princess of Wales recently in Germany, can see them at Maison Campbell.
1891 Hartford (Connecticut) Daily Courant 2 Sept. 3/1 Every short, stout, middle aged man grows a Guelph beard, wears a Homburg hat, and makes up generally after the great original [sc. the Prince of Wales].
1904 To-day 29 June 256/1 At one time any man who wore a ‘Homburg’ was popularly supposed to be either an actor or an artist.
1910 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 4/6 You may grasp your Homburg in the hollow of your hand. But how are you to get it on again with grace?
1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxi. 376 Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, had reintroduced the black Homburg hat, known as the ‘Eden’ in Savile Row.
1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin v. 68 Characters..who kept getting locked up in cellars under the river by sinister men in Homburg hats and raincoats.
1993 City Paper (Baltimore) 12 Nov. 4/1 Rows of fedoras, bowlers, and homburgs..make the shelves here look like a somber felt rainbow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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