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Poke bonnet   /poʊk bˈɑnət/   Listen
Poke bonnet

noun
1.
A hat tied under the chin.  Synonym: bonnet.






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"Poke bonnet" Quotes from Famous Books



... gentle humming as from some small winged thing when the sun first touches it and warms it, and sometimes by the time the Indian shawl, which could go through a wedding ring, but never would when it was wanted to, had been refolded and fastened again with the great cameo brooch, and the poke bonnet, like some fractious child, shaken and petted into good condition, she would be singing softly to herself, nodding her head to the words: which were generally to the effect that somebody was too old and somebody else too bold ...
— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome



Words linked to "Poke bonnet" :   sunbonnet, hat, lid, chapeau



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