stovepipe

Example Sentences

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You know the Instagram meme where people say they don’t want a new year; they’ll take a gently used 1995 instead, accompanied by a photo of them in high school, stovepipe jeans and all?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

That image will prove as iconic as the bearded man in the stovepipe hat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Its prized purchase of a purported Lincoln stovepipe hat appraised at $6.5 million went sour when evidence linking it to the 16th president was questioned.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

When you think of Abraham Lincoln, your mind probably conjures up an image of a tall, lanky man with a chinstrap beard and a stovepipe hat.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022

There in the corner, worked in faded thread, initials had magically appeared on the fraying hem: M-T-L- Suddenly, Mrs. Weidenbach appeared, gripping the preacher’s stovepipe hat.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck