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high-hat

[hahy hat] / ˈhaɪ ˌhæt /










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"I get dressed up in my full regalia - lab coat, rosette and two foot high hat - and go door-to-door asking for signatures," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

I was so inspired by Clyde’s rhythms that in a couple of years my tapping grew into drum sticks with a full drum set of high hat, cymbals, bass and snare drums, with lessons.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2019

"It's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. It kind of makes you a little bit suspicious."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2018

“I think a high hat would work,” Galle said.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2016

I remember the carriage, the horse going slowly, and up ahead the back of the driver with his varnished high hat, and Catherine Barkley sitting beside me.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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