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deerstalker
noun
deer·stalk·er
ˈdir-ˌstȯ-kər 
: a close-fitting hat with a visor at the front and the back and with earflaps that may be worn up or down
called also deerstalker cap, deerstalker hat
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The frogs wear white deerstalker hats, like baseball caps with brims facing both ways, tied under their bulbous chins and embroidered with Frog Club’s name and address.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024
Has the deerstalker fallen out of fashion?
—New York Times, 6 July 2022
Robinet first came to Knoydart in 1997 as a deerstalker.
—Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
So sit back, enjoy the performances, put on your best Sherlock Holmesian deerstalkers, and attempt to guess the celebrities behind the masks of this week’s contestants.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019
The Wolf and Bear Pub (with a deerstalker-wearing grizzly) soon followed.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018
The job is more Sherlock Holmes than Scooby Doo—and Alperovitch has everything but the deerstalker cap.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017
So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case?
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024
Has the deerstalker fallen out of fashion?
—New York Times, 6 July 2022
Robinet first came to Knoydart in 1997 as a deerstalker.
—Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
So sit back, enjoy the performances, put on your best Sherlock Holmesian deerstalkers, and attempt to guess the celebrities behind the masks of this week’s contestants.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019
The Wolf and Bear Pub (with a deerstalker-wearing grizzly) soon followed.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018
The job is more Sherlock Holmes than Scooby Doo—and Alperovitch has everything but the deerstalker cap.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017
So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case?
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
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“Deerstalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deerstalker. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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