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ten-gallon hat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
ten--gal-lon hat
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large cowboy hat, not holding ten gallons like the name would suggest but usually around three quarts.

Etymology

Not certain. An earlier form without the number, gallon hat, comes by folk etymology from the Spanish galón (“braid”). It may also be a hyperbolic reference to the size of the hat, or a combination of the two.

Inflected Forms

ten-gallon hats (plural) 10-gallon hat (alternative)

Synonyms

cowboy hat

Questions

What does ten-gallon hat mean?
A large cowboy hat, not holding ten gallons like the name would suggest but usually around three quarts.
Where does ten-gallon hat come from?
Not certain. An earlier form without the number, gallon hat, comes by folk etymology from the Spanish galón (“braid”). It may also be a hyperbolic reference to the size of the hat, or a combination of the two.

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