cocked hat

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A hat with the brim turned up on two or three sides, common in the 18th century. Also used in the idiom 'to knock into a cocked hat'.

cockedADJECTIVE + NOUN

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hat

Examples (10)

  • The general in the portrait wore a grand cocked hat adorned with a feather.
  • Costumes for the historical play included wigs, buckled shoes, and traditional cocked hats.
  • He looked like a character from a history book with his formal coat and cocked hat.
  • The antique dealer showed us a genuine 18th-century cocked hat.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte is often depicted wearing his famous cocked hat.
  • The unexpected market crash has knocked our financial projections into a cocked hat.
  • Her brilliant new discovery knocked the old scientific theory into a cocked hat.
  • The sudden downpour completely knocked our plans for a garden party into a cocked hat.
  • Losing their star player knocked the team's chances of winning the championship into a cocked hat.
  • His lazy attitude at work really knocked his career prospects into a cocked hat.