Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's wide-brimmed bonnet with a flap at the back to protect the neck from the sun.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A light bonnet projecting in front so as to protect the face, and having a flounce or cape to protect the neck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hat (bonnet ) worn for protection from brightsunlight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women
Etymologies
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Examples
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A crossdressing Marlon Brando shooting a Creedmore is pretty out there (not to say old Marlon in a sunbonnet is any kind of pretty).
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A young girl came on, a sunbonnet hanging down her back, her apron caught up in front and filled with grain which she threw to the buttering fowls.
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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Pegler wrote that the big city reporters were surprised to find that "she is neither illiterate nor a wide-eyed and somewhat apprehensive Aunt Samanthy in a sunbonnet, afraid to leave her hotel on account of 'them white-slavers who lurk in every New York doorway waiting to snatch a country girl to a fate which is worse than death.'"
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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Pegler wrote that the big city reporters were surprised to find that "she is neither illiterate nor a wide-eyed and somewhat apprehensive Aunt Samanthy in a sunbonnet, afraid to leave her hotel on account of 'them white-slavers who lurk in every New York doorway waiting to snatch a country girl to a fate which is worse than death.'"
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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I called it her preacher lady hat but I guess you could say it was a sunbonnet made for two.
Oh, Fish Eggs! Frank Rasky 2011
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Or rather, the polka-dotted sunbonnet currently covering it.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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Or rather, the polka-dotted sunbonnet currently covering it.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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Or rather, the polka-dotted sunbonnet currently covering it.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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The glinting sun was now breaking asunder theThe glinting sunbonnet was now breaking asunder the final clove frailties which like guvnors of smoking disappeared from Zeus's skylight.
The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question) 2010
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We explored the lives and works of Willa Cather and Edna Ferber, author of the novel Giant, who wrote, “The sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped settle this glorious land of ours.”
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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