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straw-hat en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of strawhat.
    alt of strawhat
    • Besides proving that stage lovers have a pretty terrible time, they show that rural audiences are currently seeing the largest troupe of stage and screen stars ever to play the straw-hat circuit. 1940, LIFE, volume 9, number 6, page 31:

straw-hat en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of straw hat.
    alt of straw hat
    • He had provided himself, among other things, with a complete suit of oil-skin, and a straw-hat with a very low crown, pitched or caulked on the outside. 2012, C. Parkes, Children's Literature and Capitalism, →ISBN:
    • He had on his head a jaunty little straw-hat, and he wore a jacket with brass buttons, and white trousers. 1865, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?:
    • l walked out into the afternoon sun and instantly noted I didn't have my straw-hat on. 2012, Ron Hess, A Border Story, →ISBN:

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straw-hats Number=Plur lexicographic