stovepipe-hatted
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "These were ordinary stage-coach bodies, which permitted through the doors and windows a clear view of the passengers within, who, in the old drawing of the train, are seen sitting in pairs on each of the three inside seats, in solemn, stovepipe-hatted dignity."
- "To smoke a cigar in the streets of London is to be singled out as either a millionaire or a Yankee. The pipe is universal in the British dominions. It is in the mouth of the club swell, the navvy on the docks, the stovepipe-hatted Eton schoolboy, and the homeless poor in Trafalgar Square. Why? Because the cost of English cigars is no less startling than their vileness."
- "Just feet away stands a lanky, wooden Abraham Lincoln. An attached platform elevates the stovepipe-hatted former president to his nearly 6-foot-4 actual height."
Etymology
From stovepipe hat + -ed.