Billycock
a derby or a hat resembling it.
Historical Examples
The Innocence of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton
Voces Populi F. Anstey
Margaret Vincent Sophia Lucy Clifford
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished R.M. Ballantyne
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making R.M. Ballantyne
A Boy’s Voyage Round the World The Son of Samuel Smiles
Condemned as a Nihilist George Alfred Henty
The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) John Galsworthy
Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day
East of Suez William Somerset Maugham
noun
(rare, mainly Brit) any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
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