snap brim
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8.8
- noun
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ala flexible
- He changes one last time and appears in a wild banana-yellow zoot suit complete with a snap-brim fedora.
- snap brim hat
- snap brim fedora
Examples
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Joe pulls down on his snap-brim hat.
Fiction book (1997) -
"He stopped and turned slowly, looking at me under the snap brim of his hat.
Fiction book (1996) -
"He had on a camel hair coat and a snap-brim hat, and even though it was night, he was wearing sunglasses.
Fiction book (1992) -
He, I am sure it was a he, was wearing a grey snap-brim cap, a long-sleeve white shirt, and baggy beige trousers.
Blog text (1) -
He confidently wore his snap brim hat tilted to one side.
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The stylish detective adjusted his snap brim hat as he entered the room.
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During the summer, I love to wear a snap brim hat to keep the sun out of my eyes.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally derivable: 'snap' (a quick bending/snapping action) modifies 'brim' to indicate a brim that snaps into position (can be turned up or down). This follows a normal noun-noun compound pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Snap brim gets its name from how the brim can 'snap' into place because a thin wire or stiff edge lets it move quickly up or down. That's why it refers to a hat edge you can 'turn up' on one side and 'turn down' on the other.