Definition of Plug hat

1. Noun. A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim.

Exact synonyms: Bowler, Bowler Hat, Derby, Derby Hat
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid

Definition of Plug hat

1. Noun. May be a top hat or a bowler hat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plug Hat

pluff
pluffed
pluffier
pluffiest
pluffing
pluffs
pluffy
plug-and-play
plug-in
plug-ins
plug-ugly
plug and play
plug away
plug fuse
plug hat (current term)
plug in
plug nickel
plug out
plug the runner
plug up
plugback
plugbacks
plugboard
plugboards
plugfest
plugfests
pluggable
plugged
plugged-in

Literary usage of Plug hat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"A silk hat : also PLUG-HAT : see GOLGOTHA. 1873. CLEMENS, Innocents at Home, ... A nigger in a biled shirt and a PLUG-HAT. r888. Eclectic Mag. ..."

2. Around the World with a King by William N. Armstrong (1904)
"... The Reign of the "Plug" Hat — An Ex-King of Oude — Circumventing the King — Babu Literature — Robert Again Seeks to Rise to His Hereditary Level — Leave ..."

3. Shakespeare as a Physician: Comprising Every Word which in Any Way Relates by Jesse Portman Chesney (1884)
""—The epileptic zone—The trade-mark and "plug" hat—Mistaken diagnosis—This apoplexy will certain be his end—Gad's Hill and Sir John—I talk not of his ..."

4. Stories of a Country Doctor by Willis Percival King (1891)
"... CLOTHES—MY plug hat AND THE OLD MAID—MY REVENGE—THE OYSTER SUPPER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE HEATHEN. THERE is nothing that the aspiring country doctor ..."

5. Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform by Albert Bigelow Paine (1909)
"CAPTAIN BILL IN A " PLUG " HAT IT was during the Pan-handle period that Charles A. Culberson—son of the Dave Culberson who nearly thirty years before had ..."

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