slouch hatn.
A hat of soft or unstiffened felt or other material, esp. one having a broad brim which hangs or lops down over the face.
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slouch1714
slouched hat1779
slouch hat1837
smasher hat1891
vagabond1927
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iii. 182 A grand controversy that there was, as to ‘slouch-hats or slouched-hats’.
1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician I. i. i. 11 A celebrated doctor who wore a slouch hat.
1891 L. Clifford Love-lett. Worldly Woman vii. 92 I prefer..thick muddy shoes and a slouch hat to a slim umbrella and a frock-coat.
Derivatives
slouch-hatted adj. wearing or having a slouch hat.
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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
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 139 A slouch-hatted, long-cloaked, sour-faced fanatic.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. i. 214 Much may remain unfixed;..in the Slouch-hatted heads, in the French Nation's head.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 5/3 A group of slouch-hatted warriors.
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