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fool cap

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dunce cap

–noun
a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
Also, dunce's cap.
Also called fool's cap.


Origin:
1830–40

fool's cap

–noun
1. a traditional jester's cap or hood, often multicolored and usually having several drooping peaks from which bells are hung.
2. dunce cap.

Origin:
1625–35
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