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
Gillette played Sherlock Holmes on stage many times, his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape shaping the image we still conjure today.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2020
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
In the original Sherlock Holmes stories Sherlock Holmes is never described as wearing a deerstalker hat, which is what he is always wearing in pictures and cartoons.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
