Example Sentences

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At home, Tamariz trades his usual Panama hat for a brimless cap, giving him the aura of an ancient mystic.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

The thick, wool, brimless cap offers no protection from the sun, unless you’re Michael Jordan in “The Last Dance” and you’re totally bald.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2021

He required government workers to wear Western-style business suits and banned the fez, a brimless red felt hat that was part of traditional Turkish clothing.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

He was the jolly old fellow with the brimless plug hat. the erect queue of white hair, the towering collar, red jacket and yellow waistcoat who advertised Force, the breakfast food, 30 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the poorest of the poor had them— soiled, ripped, brimless, covering their faces as they slept in the park, but boaters just the same.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García