tembel hat

noun

tembel hat

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Hebrew טמבל (témbel). In Hebrew slang, tembel means "silly", "stupid", or "fool". It is not known whether the slang term came from the hat or vice versa.

1

A kind of loose hat with a floppy brim, an Israeli national symbol.

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