Billycock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British A felt hat with a low, rounded crown, similar to a derby.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stiff, round, low-crowned felt hat: often called a billycock hat. Also spelled billicock.
    • Word Usage
    "A billycock is a beautiful object (it may be eagerly urged), but it is not in the same style of architecture as Ely Cathedral; it is a dome, a small rococo dome in the Renaissance manner, and does not go with the pointed arches that assault heaven like spears."
    Equivalent
    billycock hat   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wide-awake   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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