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Definition of Poke bonnet

1. Noun. A hat tied under the chin.

Definition of Poke bonnet

1. Noun. A woman's bonnet in the shape of a hood, featuring a projecting rim on the front side for the purpose of shading the face. ¹

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Literary usage of Poke bonnet

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

1. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Charles Molloy Westmacott, Stephen Jones, Robert Cruikshank, George Cruikshank (1815)
"... POKE-BONNET. Said I, " Trust me, Chloe, without any joke, You '11 ne'er get a lover with that ugly poke." .. .. So Chloe, her cheeks redd'ning high with ..."

2. The Psalmody of the Church: Its Authors, Singers, and Uses by William Henry Parker (1889)
"We have used an Americanism and called it a poke bonnet. Webster says, " Poke bonnet is a bonnet of a long straight projecting form. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"An old lady with a poke-bonnet and a black-and-white shawl,— that is what most of the ... The lady with the poke-bonnet meanwhile had made a step forward, ..."

4. Plymouth Memories of an Octogenarian by William Thomas Davis (1906)
""to poke plaits in a ruff," and I have no doubt that "poke bonnet" meant merely a bonnet with plaits poked in the ruff. I must omit the scarlet cloak with ..."

5. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"This head-gear, called the " poke bonnet" and in later years the "coal-scuttle bonnet," could not withstand the ridicule constantly " poked" at it by the ..."

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