porkpie

noun

variants or porkpie hat

: a felt, straw, or cloth hat for informal wear having a low telescoped crown, flat top, and brim turned up all around or up in back and down in front

Word History

Etymology

so called from its resemblance in shape to a pork pie

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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