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fool's cap

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fool's cap (flz)
n.
1. A gaily decorated cap, usually with a number of loose peaks tipped with bells, formerly worn by court jesters and clowns.
2. See dunce cap.
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Noun1.fool's capfool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
dunce cap, dunce's cap
chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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That's how it always is with these Schilleresque noble hearts; till the last moment every goose is a swan with them, till the last moment, they hope for the best and will see nothing wrong, and although they have an inkling of the other side of the picture, yet they won't face the truth till they are forced to; the very thought of it makes them shiver; they thrust the truth away with both hands, until the man they deck out in false colours puts a fool's cap on them with his own hands.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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