Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shingle cap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: shin-gle -cap
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman's tight-fitting cloth hat popular in the early twentieth century.

Example Sentences

"'She had on a shingle cap and I only saw the back of her head.'"

Inflected Forms

shingle caps (plural)

Questions

What does shingle cap mean?: A woman's tight-fitting cloth hat popular in the early twentieth century.

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