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Definition of Overseas cap
1. Noun. A wedge-shaped wool or cotton cap; worn as part of a uniform.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overseas Cap
Literary usage of Overseas cap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yanks: A.E.F. Verse (1919)
"... read Helen's note, Which just before leaving she hastily wrote: " Menelaus
just entered our once happy home With an overseas cap on the top of his dome! ..."
2. Story of the 36th: The Experiences of the 36th Division in the World War by Ben-Hur Chastaine (1920)
"Rivalling the Sam Browne belt in its importance was the new overseas cap which
was to ... Not all of the troops were equipped with the new overseas cap, ..."
3. History of the First Division During the World War, 1917-1919 by Society of the First division, A.E.F. (1922)
"The overseas cap was supplied for use at other times. The steel helmet and overseas
cap were made in France and later issued to all troops upon their ..."
4. Annual Report of the Surgeon-General, U. S. Navy, Chief of the Bureau of by United States Navy Dept. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (1918)
"The campaign hat was discarded in this regiment during March, and since that time
the overseas cap and the steel helmet were worn. ..."
5. War Memories by Frank Alexander Holden (1922)
"... again he had two bullet holes in his overseas cap, one where the bullet entered
and the other where it went out. His head was not scratched, ..."
6. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"Our experts on this side of the water were not satisfied with the overseas cap.
It shrank after being wet, it quickly lost shape, it absorbed much water and ..."
7. How America Went to War: An Account from Official Sources of the Nation's by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"Our experts on this side of the water were not satisfied with the overseas cap.
It shrank after being wet, it quickly lost shape, it absorbed much water and ..."
8. Army Uniforms of the World by Fred Gilbert Blakeslee (1919)
"Their uniform was composed of a dark blue skirt, white or dark blue waist, black
four-in-hand tie, dark blue coat and dark blue overseas cap. ..."
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