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toque
[ tohk ]
noun
- a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women especially in 16th-century France.
- a tall white hat with pleats, worn by chefs.
toque
/ təʊk /
noun
- a woman's small round brimless hat, popular esp in Edwardian times
- a hat with a small brim and a pouched crown, popular in the 16th century
- same as tuque
- a chef's tall white hat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toque1
First recorded in 1495–1505; from French; replacing earlier toock, towk (from Portuguese touca “coif ”), tock, tocque (from Italian tocca “cap”), and toke (from Spanish toca “headdress”); further origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toque1
C16: from French, from Old Spanish toca headdress, probably from Basque tauka hat
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Example Sentences
There, under a turquoise toque, sat the golden hair and the large face of the prairie chicken.
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From the plume in her exquisite toque to the tip of her patent leather toe she looked the visiting lady of leisure.
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But—what on earth—a green tartan frock, and a toque with a white feather—she herself!
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Mrs. Rantzau stood on the upper deck in her dark blue dress, with the little toque coquettishly aslant on her head.
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The dainty white toque perched upon the masses of gold-brown hair accentuated the girlish freshness of her face.
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