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stocking cap
noun
: a long knitted cone-shaped cap with a tassel or pom-pom worn especially for winter sports or play
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First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Then there are some non-edible, but very practical items: his iPad, for example, as well as his trusty stocking cap.
—Vogue, 30 July 2024
The younger one, who wears a bright red stocking cap, whacks the bear of a guy across his face, sending him careening to the side.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1897, in the meaning defined above
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“Stocking cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stocking%20cap. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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stocking cap
noun
: a long knitted cone-shaped cap usually with an ornament at the pointed end
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