Alpine hat

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Alpine hat

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Synonym of Tyrolean hat.

  • He was a younger man than the other, of medium height, and passably well dressed in a quiet lounge suit, green Alpine hat and brown shoes.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  • “Name it, Jeeves. Ask of me what you will, even unto half my kingdom.” “If you could see your way to abandoning your Alpine hat, sir.” I ought to have seen it coming. That cough should have told me. But I hadn't, and the shock was severe.1963, P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves:

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