variants
or tricorn
as in shako
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Recent Examples of tricorne
Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
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Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricorne
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Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
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In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.ROBERT F. WORTH, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
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To channel either Elphaba or Glinda, pick between sultry dark green or sweet light pink beanies, berets, wide-brim hats, and headbands.Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Mindy should know exactly how to dress, but her mismatched whites are bugging me, and her pearl beret feels … off.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
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Nasrallah, who often invoked both God and guns with a distinctive lisp, wore a black turban signifying his descent from the Prophet Muhammad.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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The turban is 100% mulberry silk and works wonders on any hair type or texture.Sarah Han, Allure, 23 Sep. 2024
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Wearing a dodger sombrero in honor of Fernando‘s birthday today is Raymond Solorzano, of South Gate.Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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The curve that represents the energy required for different settings of the Higgs field was always known to resemble a sombrero with an upturned brim.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
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But the same bees do buzz around her bonnet, over and over.Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Police say she was last seen wearing a hospital gown, a pink bonnet, orange jogging pants and rainbow Crocs sandals.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
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At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St. Peter's Basilica as the pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta.NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
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Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Louboutin, wearing a fez, brought Natasha Poonawalla in a face-framing Harris Reed creation.Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Tricorne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricorne. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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