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单词 unbonnet
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Definition of unbonnet in English:

unbonnet

verbunbonneting, unbonnets, unbonnetedʌnˈbɒnɪt
[no object]archaic
  • Remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.

    he stood unbonneted before his good master
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Henry Bellows commented in the Christian Inquirer, ‘Place woman unbonneted and unshawled before the public gaze, and what becomes of her modesty and her virtue?’
    • There has been another spectator, in the person of a woman in the common shop; the lowest of the low; dirty, unbonneted, flaunting, and slovenly.
    • Unlike some other notabilities, he did not immediately unbonnet himself to display his capacious forehead, nor did he pause and look around to attract and gratify his admirers.
    • The Chief, with Count Rochambeau on his left, unbonneted, walked through.
    • Fiona Macleod tells of an old Gaelic peasant who stood unbonneted at sunrise, and who answered, when questioned, ‘Every morning like this I take off my hat to the beauty of the world.’
 
 
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