Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman's hat supposed to be made in imitation of one shown in some striking portrait (as, for example, a portrait by Gainsborough): usually a wide-brimmed hat with flowing plumes. See
Gainsborough hat , under hat.
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Examples
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Miss Butler with her darling spaniels and picture-hat.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Miss Butler with her darling spaniels and picture-hat.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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The lovely white lace suit The matching picture-hat.
Marriage At A Price Lee, Miranda 2001
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Courtney was wearing the glorious white lace bridal suit Jack had bought her, complete with picture-hat.
Marriage At A Price Lee, Miranda 2001
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She wore a skimpy tweed skirt and a cheap nun's veiling blouse, and on her iron-grey hair was perched rakishly a forlorn broken picture-hat of faded green, chiffon with a knot of bright red ribbon to give the bizarre touch of colour she had learned to admire among her surroundings.
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone
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She wore a picture-hat and a costume the keynote of which was a certain aggressive attractiveness.
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The face beneath the picture-hat was small and well-shaped, the nose delicately tip-tilted, the chin determined, the mouth a little wide and suggesting good-humour.
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She no longer wore the picture-hat, and Rutherford, looking at her, came to the conclusion that the change was an improvement.
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This caused evident distress of mind to the judge, for Comrade Mabel with her indignant pink cheeks and her big picture-hat looked more than ever the lady, and it is a fact known even to judges that American jails have not been constructed for ladies.
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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"That'll do, lady," said the policeman, as considerately as he dared; for Comrade Mabel wore a big picture-hat and many other signs of youth and beauty.
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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