thinking cap
a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
Origin of thinking cap
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How to use thinking cap in a sentence
But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonNow you put your thinking cap on and invent a name, something romantic and pretty.
The Imaginary Marriage | Henry St. John CooperOld Styf answered "yes" at once to their request, and put on his red thinking cap.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks | William Elliot GriffisThere was nothing for it but to bow to the inevitable, break my journey, and put my thinking-cap on.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon | Jos Maria Gordon"And this head of mine would have to put on its thinking-cap," he pursued jovially.
The Leavenworth Case | Anna Katherine Green
Other Idioms and Phrases with thinking cap
see put on one's thinking cap.
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