straw hatn.
1.
a. (Formerly often hyphenated.) A hat made of plaited or woven straw.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw
straw hat1453
ruskie1825
straw1829
basher1901
straw basher1901
1453 in Sharp Cov. Myst. (1825) 190 iiij surplis & iiij stre hatts.
a1500 ( Bale's Chron. in R. Flenley Six Town Chron. (1911) 133 In a blewe gown of velvet..and a strawe hat upon his heed.
1603 W. Fowldes Strange Battell Frogs & Mise sig. E3 Next with a corslet they defend the heart, Not made of steele, but of an old straw-hat.
1697 London Gaz. No. 3325/4 A Straw Hat lined with Painted Callicoe.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 304. ⁋9 An Handmaid in a Straw-Hat.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 67 Several other gentlemen dressed..in straw hats, flannel jackets, and white trowsers.
1890 E. Carmichael tr. B. M. Bjørnson In God's Way ii. i. 57 Their light summer clothes,..felt hats, straw hats, tulle hats.
b. attributive. (Now usually hyphenated.)
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1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 27 A straw-hat manufactory has lately been established.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 255 An obscure straw-hat manufacturer.
2. U.S. Theatre. A summer theatre; a theatre operating during the summer only and presenting various productions or companies. Frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre
little theatre1569
private house1604
private playhouse1609
amphitheatre1611
private theatre1633
droll-house1705
summer theatre1761
show shop1772
national theatre1816
minor1821
legitimate1826
patent house1827
patent theatre1836
showboat1839
music theatre1849
penny-gaff1856
saloon theatre1864
leg shop1871
people's theatre1873
nickelodeon1888
repertory theatre1891
studio theatre1891
legit1897
blood-tub1906
rep1906
small-timer1910
grind house1923
theatrette1927
indie1928
vaude1933
straw hat1935
theatre-in-the-round1948
straw-hatter1949
bughouse1952
theatre-restaurant1958
dinner theatre1959
theatre club1961
black box1971
pub theatre1971
performance space1972
1935 Variety 12 June 62/4 (heading) Nearly 100 straw hat troupes will dot eastern landscape.
1936 A. Green in Esquire Sept. 160/3 A summer stock (legit) is a ‘straw hat’.
1946 Life 5 Aug. 81/1 More than 125 straw-hat theaters now adorn the eastern sea-coast.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 24 June 16/1 They appeared in the same roles last year on the strawhat circuit.
1952 Sun (Baltimore) 10 June (B* ed.) 10/1 The play is not the thing this week at the Maryland strawhat.
1968 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 June vii. 5/4 They finagle their way into the strawhat dramatic workshop of a famous theater guru.
Derivatives
straw-hatted adj. wearing a straw hat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a hat > types of
flat-headed1667
straw-hattedc1730
beavered1742
cocked-hatted1821
slouch-hatted1826
high-hatted1858
plug-hatted1869
sun-helmeted1886
pot-hatted1888
sou'-westered1891
cowboy-hatted1896
sombreroed1899
top hat1902
picture-hatted1906
bowler-hatted1909
sailor-hatted1909
tile-hatted1924
Stetsoned1935
trilbied1966
trilby-hatted1975
c1730 A. Ramsay Betty & Kate ii The strae-hatted maid.
1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham vi. 111 A straw-hatted population, such as ours is in summer.
straw-hatter n. a straw-hat theatre, or play presented in one.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre
little theatre1569
private house1604
private playhouse1609
amphitheatre1611
private theatre1633
droll-house1705
summer theatre1761
show shop1772
national theatre1816
minor1821
legitimate1826
patent house1827
patent theatre1836
showboat1839
music theatre1849
penny-gaff1856
saloon theatre1864
leg shop1871
people's theatre1873
nickelodeon1888
repertory theatre1891
studio theatre1891
legit1897
blood-tub1906
rep1906
small-timer1910
grind house1923
theatrette1927
indie1928
vaude1933
straw hat1935
theatre-in-the-round1948
straw-hatter1949
bughouse1952
theatre-restaurant1958
dinner theatre1959
theatre club1961
black box1971
pub theatre1971
performance space1972
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play
king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
1949 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Aug. 24/4 The trick of operating a successful straw-hatter is to build up a steady clientele—a sizable number of people who get the habit of regular attendance because they have learned that the general average of production is good.
1954 Wall St. Jrnl. 4 Aug. 9 The Howard Lindsay-Russell Crouse straw hatter (‘Life with Father’) subsequently made Broadway.
straw-hatting n. work in straw-hat theatres.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [noun] > an engagement > summer engagement
straw-hatting1950
1950 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Dec. 5/1 Strawhatting is arduous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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