broadbrim

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English

Etymology

From broad +‎ brim.

Noun

broadbrim (plural broadbrims)

  1. A hat with a very broad brim.
  2. (humorous or derogatory, dated, often capitalized) A Quaker.
  3. (humorous, archaic, by extension) A quiet, sedate, respectable old man.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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