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English
Etymology
From stovepipe hat + -ed.
Adjective
stovepipe-hatted (not comparable)
- Wearing a stovepipe hat.
1883 April 21, “Railway Exposition Notes. More Curiosities.”, in The Railway Review, volume XXIII, number 16, Chicago, Ill.: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.
1888 January 14, “London Types”, in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, volume LXV, number 1,687, New York, N.Y., page 370: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.
2014 March 23, Susan Fadem, “Ex-flight attendant’s 1876 home boasts eclectic furnishings from around world”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 136, number 82, page H3: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.