deerstalker
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- noun
- /ˈdɪrˌstɔːkər/
- On chilly mornings, he preferred wearing his warm deerstalker while walking in the woods.
- deerstalker cap
- deerstalker hat
- wears a deerstalker
Examples
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Many tourists recognized the famous detective by his signature deerstalker hat.
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I'm rather sorry now I didn't bring the deerstalker.
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Barris wears a deerstalker cap.
Fiction book (2002) -
And besides... I've got my deerstalker's cap.
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Rathbone's films, however enjoyable, helped push the image of the detective always clad in a deerstalker cap.
Blog text (28) -
One was dressed like an admiral, with a yachting cap; the other like Sherlock Holmes, with a deerstalker.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Angie glares at Bramble, then picks a gray tweed deerstalker from a battered wood chair.
Fiction book (1991) -
He wore a short cape, which came to just below his hips, a long wool scarf looped around his neck, and a double-billed deerstalker upon his head.
Fiction book (1990) -
Of course, fishermen and shellfish collectors also wear "wellies," as do others for a variety of purposes, but this appellation also brings to mind plus-fours and deerstalker caps: the gear of the country gentleman.
Academic text (1991) -
The actor wore a classic deerstalker during the performance, paying homage to Sherlock Holmes.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word deerstalker comes from the simple English parts deer and stalker, meaning 'one who quietly follows deer', because hunters wore this close cap while they stalked deer. So a deerstalker is the close-fitting hunting hat with brims at the front and back that is now also famous as Sherlock Holmes's cap.