porkpie
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈpɔrkˌpaɪ/
:
sombrero porkpie
- He wore a brown porkpie hat that complemented his vintage suit perfectly.
- porkpie hat
- wore a porkpie
- man in a porkpie
Examples
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He was wearing the same brown suit and the same brown porkpie hat he'd worn the day he and his partner had questioned me regarding Amber's death, and he emanated the same air of tired professionalism that had struck me then.
Fiction book (1990) -
Barris, now in a hotel terrycloth bathrobe and a porkpie hat, sits at a desk and types manically.
Fiction book (2002) -
The bear with the porkpie hat.
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Oh, and this gem from porkpie.
Blog text (2) -
This nice porkpie hat or the lovely picture hat the missus give me?
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He went out with phone booths and the porkpie hat.
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And the porkpie? -
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Luster bows deeply, then disappears into the crowd in his torn raincoat and porkpie hat.
Fiction book (2000) -
Because just then, my father, in his bulky surplus Army parka and porkpie hat, was already crazed and out on the field tackling that last man himself.
Fiction book (1990) -
He carried a pistol in a shoulder holster and wore a small brown porkpie hat tilted back off his forehead.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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7.3
A low, flat hat for men with a short turned-up brim
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Porkpie comes from a small British meat pie made with pork, because the hat's low, round crown looks like a little pie. So a porkpie today is a man's hat with a low, flat top and a small turned-up brim, named for the food it resembles.