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tuque

[took, tyook]
–noun
a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.
Also, toque.


Origin:
1870–75; < CanF, var. of F toque toque

La Tuque

[luh took, tyook; Fr. la tyk]
–noun
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada. 11,556.
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tuque   (tōōk, tyōōk)   
n.  A knitted woolen cap in the form of a cylindrical bag often with tapered ends that is worn with one end tucked into the other.

[Canadian French, from French toque, toque; see toque.]
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