kepi
Example Sentences
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The family relinquished some of the artifacts—the kepi, belt, sword, corps badge he wore on July 1, 1863–to the National Park Service.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2015
In a full-page illustration by Winslow Homer, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly in 1861, Wallace sits astride his horse in a pair of billowing trousers, an exotic-looking kepi perched on his head.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013
As the general deplaned in khakis and kepi, the band struck up La Marseillaise and a battery of antiaircraft cannon boomed 21 times�so loud and near that bystanders felt the breath of the guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
For French policemen, the kepi was never the most practical of headgear.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had laid his kepi on the table, and leaned back in his chair looking at a strip of paper with a little grim smile in his eyes.
From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
