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deerstalker

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deer·stalk·er  (dîrstôkr)
n.
A tight-fitting hat with visors in the front and back, originally worn by hunters.

deerstalker [ˈdɪəˌstɔːkə]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Also called stalker a person who stalks deer, esp in order to shoot them
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a hat, peaked in front and behind, with earflaps usually turned up and tied together on the top
deerstalking  adj & n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deerstalkerdeerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters
chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
Translations
deerstalker [ˈdɪəˌstɔːkəʳ] N
1. (= person) → cazador m de ciervos al acecho
2. (= hat) → gorro m de cazador
deerstalker [ˈdɪərstɔːkər] n (= hat) → casquette f à la Sherlock Holmes
deerstalker [ˈdɪəˌstɔːkəʳ] n (hat) → berretto da cacciatore
deerstalker [ˈdɪəˌstɔːkəʳ] n (hat) → berretto da cacciatore


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Devotees of Holmes and slick on-stage capers should take to Rose's production like a celebrated sleuth takes to a freshly pressed deerstalker.
The man with the deerstalker is more reassuring than most detectives, for he represents pure rationality, perpetually unswayed by sexual desire and immune to the petty curiosities and solipsism that plague the rest of us--a fact demonstrated in the passage in Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" that relates the sleuth's indifference to the fact that the earth revolves around the sun.
Holmes has traded his deerstalker for a space helmet (a necessity for tracking the Hound of the Baskervilles on the moon), and Dr.
 
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