deerstalker

Example Sentences

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Woolens became such a status symbol that Arthur Conan Doyle clad his fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes in a tweed deerstalker hat in 1893.

From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021

Jones and Brunton mention the importance of covering your ears – Brunton prefers a deerstalker type – but knitting could become a new valued skill, with the woolly beanie name-checked as an essential accessory.

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2020

He often depicted Mrs. Sharmat’s hero clad in a trench coat and deerstalker, a look of concentration on his face, his trusty dog Sludge by his side.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2019

Some of Elgar’s older friends are English eccentrics; Richard Baxter-Townsend, making his first entrance and exit on a period tricycle, sports a deerstalker and uses an ear-trumpet.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2016

The deerstalker hat was invented by a man called Sidney Paget, who did the illustrations for the original books.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon