plug-hat

Bierce came in an elegant plug-hat and told me some curious anecdotes on the way to the crematory, chiefly of morgues, dissecting-rooms and lonely church-yards: he was the most gruesome of men.

Prejudices : first series, 1919

Instead, he simply takes his stand in the center of the platform, where all the spotlights meet, and there calmly strips off his raiment of reticence - first his Sunday plug-hat, then his long-tailed coat, then his boiled shirt, then his shoes and socks, and finally his very B. V.D.'s.

Prejudices : first series, 1919

It is true that I dressed the Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court in a plug-hat, but, let's see, that was twenty-five years ago.

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

Why, when I left home yesterday they trotted out a plug-hat for me to wear.

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

Then no man was considered fully dressed until he donned a plug-hat.

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

Why, I believe I could walk along the streets of New York-I never do-but still I think I could-and I should never see a well-dressed man wearing a plug-hat.

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

"You must wear it," they told me; "why, just think of going to Washington without a plug-hat!"

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

He was the only man on the boat with a plug-hat, and I tell you he felt ashamed of himself.

Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

It seems hard for some men to believe that it is not essential for a real Christian to wear a plug-hat.

The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills.

Old Gorgon Graham Lorimer, George H 1903