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

Many wear Victorian dress, including Holmes’s preferred deerstalker cap and Inverness cape.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2018

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