flat cap

flatcap

1. (Clothing & Fashion) another name for cloth cap¹

2. (Clothing & Fashion) an Elizabethan man's hat with a narrow down-turned brim

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Noun

flat cap - a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak

cloth cap

cap - a tight-fitting headdress

Translations

flat cap

n → berretto

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In the meantime Sir Oliver had followed his brother knight, and the two paced the poop together, Sir Nigel in his plum-colored velvet suit with flat cap of the same, adorned in front with the Lady Loring's glove and girt round with a curling ostrich feather.

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Aramis, in a black gown, his head enveloped in a sort of round flat cap, not much unlike a CALOTTE, was seated before an oblong table, covered with rolls of paper and enormous volumes in folio.

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PEAKY Blinders fan Sam Berrisford mimicked the characters of the hit drama when he threatened to slash a barman using a Stanley knife hidden inside his flat cap.

PEAKY BLINDERS FAN HID KNIFE IN FLAT CAP

APeaky Blindersfan imitated the characters of the popular drama after he told a barman he would slash him with a knife hidden in his flat cap.

Peaky Blinders fan threatened to slash barman with knife hidden in flat cap; Sam Berrisford, 29, had been drinking at a Stoke-On-Trent pub when he turned to the landlord and said 'I will slice you like a tomato'

There's a tweed waistcoat, tweed trousers, a mock suit with a bow tie and braces and even a navy tweed flat cap.

Take a peak at this baby clothes range

"We know that this will help to make the event a night to remember, so grab your pocket watch and flat cap - by order of the Peaky Blinders!" Promising a night that will "blur the lines between performance and audience", the event will take place over three dates, and pay homage to the dark and moody atmosphere of the show, promising "secret corners, gambling dens, moonshine and fortune tellers".

Don't miss new festival - by order of the Peaky Blinders

AN elderly woman has been robbed in Hartlepool by a man with a speech impediment and wearing a flat cap.

Woman, 83, robbed in street by man wearing a flat cap

HUNDREDS gathered as Kevin "Flat Cap" Murray was buried yesterday.

Hundreds at burial of 'Flat Cap'

Marks and Spencer do a nice pure wool flat cap for PS25.

How to get that Peaky Blinder look; The hotly-anticipated third series of Birminghambased Peaky Blinders is almost here and if you fancy dressing up 1920s-style, Roz Laws has got some tips on where to go to get that vintage look. You can buy them online from shops like Gingermegs Vintage (or visit their shop in the Custard Factory), Marks and Spencer, Very.co.uk and eBay

If the traditional flat cap isn't your style, why not try a tweed newsboy cap?

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The three style options include a standard flat cap, swivel stud cap, and standoff cap, with each providing a different style or unique combat option.

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