Definition of Porkpie

1. Noun. Man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim.

Exact synonyms: Porkpie Hat
Generic synonyms: Snap-brim Hat

Definition of Porkpie

1. Noun. (alternative form of pork pie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Porkpie

1. a man's hat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porkpie

porket
porkets
porkfish
porkholt
porkier
porkies
porkiest
porkiness
porkinesses
porking
porkish
porkless
porklike
porkling
porklings
porkpie (current term)
porkpie hat
porkpies
porks
porkwood
porkwoods
porky
porky pie
porky pies

Literary usage of Porkpie

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

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... with $200 in twenties and wrote his phone number on the brim of a little porkpie hat that looked good on their head and turned them loose on the city. ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"... stiff black jerkin with silver buttons, wooden clogs, and hard round porkpie hat : a grimly characteristic personality, and one not to be trifled with. ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1864)
"It is wonderful the ingenious variety of shape found for this simple article of attire, from the familiar " porkpie" (if we must use that coarse and odious ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine (1870)
"In that case you put on your shooting jacket and pot hat— billycock or porkpie—take your stick and your donkey, and so proceed to the presence. ..."

5. Paris Herself Again in 1878-9 by George Augustus Sala (1884)
"... hats of the 'porkpie ' fashion. The small Bayonne hams were in prime condition, and as richly brown in hue as the back of a Stradivarius fiddle. ..."

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