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View synonyms for silk hat

silk hat

noun

  1. a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress.


silk hat

noun

  1. a man's top hat covered with silk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • silk-hatted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of silk hat1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences

He preferred a tuxedo and a high black silk hat, but he was a master of disguise and an escape artist, and for years, he’d danced in circles around the authorities.

Large sheer silk hats fluttered by — like a rain cloud being blown by the wind.

“But sometimes it’s kind of fun just to have something — like an old silk hat,” says Carol Estep, president of the DuPont museum board.

She was wearing a new blue silk hat, draped with half a yard of spotted lace for a veil.

In a society that after World War II was gripped by modernity, Mr. Austin might as well have been peddling silk hats and spats.

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