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picture hat
noun
- a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
picture hat
noun
- a decorated hat with a very wide brim, esp as worn by women in paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picture hat1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
“It’s not about their looks,” Louboutin says, as Ionesco emerges from the pool in a picture hat and a one-piece black bandeau, her dark-gray eye shadow smudged languorously.
From Wall Street Journal
Yet he distracted from that otherwise well-delivered message with big Scarlett O’Hara picture hats that appeared to have been blown off by a breeze to frame the face and shoulders.
From Los Angeles Times
On her head was a monstrous picture hat and on her arm a monstrous bird.
From Literature
I draw a woman with wide shoulders and a picture hat.
From Literature
A large picture hat shaded her pale face.
From Project Gutenberg
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