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hatter
1[ hat-er ]
hatter
2[ hat-er ]
noun
- a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area.
- a person who lives alone in the bush, as a herder or prospector.
hatter
/ ˈhætə /
noun
- a person who makes and sells hats
- mad as a hattercrazily eccentric
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hatter2
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Idioms and Phrases
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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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