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Examples of top hat in a Sentence
He wore a top hat and tails.
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The ceremony was held in a five-foot hot tub, with the bride wearing a bikini and the groom attired in swimming trunks and top hat.
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
Po hosted the event, dressed in a top hat and tux, which started in Washington Square Park, but was then forced to move by police to a nearby park (with one attendee arrested) as the number of attendees surged.
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
There's the pomp and circumstance, the top hats and tuxedos, and the myth that there is only one Punxsutawney Phil, who has been making weather predictions since the 1880s.
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Avery Keatley, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
Snowmen are often seen with a top hat, scarf and pipe.
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Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above
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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20hat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
top hat
noun
: a man's hat with a tall crown
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