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Scotch bonnet
noun
- a small, irregularly shaped, extremely hot chile pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero and ranging from yellow to red.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Scotch bonnet1
First recorded in 1840–45; so called from its shape
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Example Sentences
Two hundred guineas was collected for him, and the mob hung a jack-boot and a "Scotch bonnet" on a gibbet and then burnt them.
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Indeed it pierced his Scotch bonnet and tore it from his head.
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Very soon she saw him coming, his Scotch bonnet pulled over his brows, his steps steadied by his shepherd's staff.
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He put the paper in his pocket, and, hastily resuming his old army cloak and Scotch bonnet, went out without a word to anyone.
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The men wear a sort of Scotch bonnet, with a short jacket and trowsers, and are an amazingly athletic and active people.
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