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Definition of Opera hat
1. Noun. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid, Man's Clothing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opera Hat
Literary usage of Opera hat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"I felt that my magic opera-hat was less than a blessing—that it was nearer a curse !
A SLAVE OF FASHION. " WHAT KIND OF BOOKS ARE READ ..."
2. The Covent Garden Journal by John Joseph Stockdale (1810)
"... called " the Frog in the opera hat." (Morning Chronicle, Nov. /, 180J). ...
opera hat ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"I warrant he hadn't Ai« opera-hat on when he went to chapel with her ladyship
the,next morning—that very morning, as sure as my name's John Giles. ..."
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