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billycock hat
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billycock hat, n. [Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies.].
A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. B. H. Chamberlain. [1913 Webster]
"Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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