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boater
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synonyms: basher, skimmer, cady, katie, cantotier, somer, sennit hat ???
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Definition:a kind of summer hat worn by men, regarded as somewhat formal, and particularly popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century.It is normally made of stiff sennit straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Boaters were popular as summer headgear, especially for boating or sailing, hence the name. They were supposedly worn by FBI agents as a sort of unofficial uniform in the pre-war years. It was also worn by women, often with hatpins to keep it in place. Nowadays they are rarely seen except at sailing or rowing events, period theatrical and musical performances (e.g. barbershop music) or as part of old-fashioned school uniforms.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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She also bought me a woman's boater with a checkered band.
Alice Walker. The Color Purple, p.134 (1982)
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of having, purchased at 3.15 p.m. on the afternoon of 27 June 1886 a new boater straw hat, extra smart (after having, though not in consequence of having, purchased at the hour and in the place aforesaid, the toxin aforesaid), at the general drapery store of James Cullen, 4 Main street, Ennis.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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Uncle Lamb, who hated personal conflict of any kind, had sighed in exasperation, then finally shrugged and tossed his better judgment out the window along with my newly purchased round straw boater.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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But for the parked motorcars, the scene might have been New England in 1885, and you could see the women in chip hats and tight-bodiced, high-necked frocks with bustles; the men in straw boaters with dangling ribbons and adorned with side-whiskers—Doremus's beard not clipped,
Sinclair Lewis. It Can't Happen Here
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