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Alpine hat
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English
Noun
en Tyrolean hat.
He was a younger man than the other, of medium height, and passably well dressed in a quiet lounge suit, green Alpine hat and brown shoes.
en 1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves “Name it, Jeeves. Ask of me what you will, even unto half my kingdom.”“If you could see your way to abandoning your Alpine hat, sir.”I ought to have seen it coming. That cough should have told me. But I hadn't, and the shock was severe.