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tuque - 4 dictionary results

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.
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.]

Tuque

Tuque\, n. [Canadian F. See Toque.] A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness.

Picturesque fellow with tuques, red sashes, and fur coats. --F. Remington.
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