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hatter

1

[ hat-er ]

noun

  1. a maker or seller of hats.


hatter

2

[ hat-er ]

noun

, Australian Informal.
  1. a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area.
  2. a person who lives alone in the bush, as a herder or prospector.

hatter

/ ˈhætə /

noun

  1. a person who makes and sells hats
  2. mad as a hatter
    crazily eccentric


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hatter1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; hat, -er 1

Origin of hatter2

First recorded in 1850–55; said to be from the phrase “as mad as a hatter”

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Idioms and Phrases

see mad as a hatter .

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Example Sentences

Dressed like a shirtless Mad Hatter, he appears to be in it more for the sex than saving the world.

Jack asked a little sharply, and Howard replied, "No, sir; she was madder than a hatter; you've no cause to be jealous."

He told us that he had been a hatter by trade, and that his name was Charles Washington.

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, 'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.

Huh, Ise seen many a corporation dat hatter have good thick leather soles fer ter tote em round.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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