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pork⋅pie

  [pawrk-pahy, pohrk-]
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–noun
a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
Origin:
1725–35; pork + pie 1
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pork·pie   (pôrk'pī', pōrk'-)   
n.  A man's hat having a low flat crown and a flexible brim. Also called porkpie hat.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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porkpie

round hat with a turned-up brim and a flat crown. The porkpie, so called because of its shape, became popular with both men and women in the mid-19th century, though a similarly shaped hat had been worn in the European Middle Ages.

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