Alpine hat

Alpine hat

English

Noun

Alpine hat (plural Alpine hats)

  1. Synonym of Tyrolean hat.
    • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
      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.
    • 1963, P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves:
      “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.
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