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Hat slang
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Tony in Tarzana
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"Talking through his hat"
And my favorite in the old movies, when the flatfoots want youse to come downtown, "Get yer hats!."
And my favorite in the old movies, when the flatfoots want youse to come downtown, "Get yer hats!."
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Then there's the one that comes from the Burt Reynolds flick Semi Tough. Burt's in the can and someone keeps knocking at the door. Finally, Burt offers a suggestion regarding a novel use for the intruder's hat. "Go * in yer hat."
Which seems a pretty useful phrase.
Which seems a pretty useful phrase.
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"Old hat," meaning "passe" or "no longer relevant"
NewMexExpat
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Indicating willingness or preparedness:
(Ready) "at the drop of a hat ..."
(Ready) "at the drop of a hat ..."
BigSleep
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My Father in law was a WWII Navy vet who used to use a phrase that basically meant "F@$# off"
"Go piss in your flat hat."
A flat hat being the sailor's hat.
"Go piss in your flat hat."
A flat hat being the sailor's hat.
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Oh, "You can leave your hat on" 
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Marc Chevalier said:
they're actually not all that bad if you just add a bit of ketchup.
esp. vintage ones. It's kind of like aging beef or liquor.
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"wonder what he's hiding under that hat of his".....
" not much, believe me..."
" not much, believe me..."
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We've got you "covered".
BellyTank
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Ugly as a hat full of holes.
KEEP YOUR HAT ON!
At the drop of a hat.
Knock into a cocked hat.
Bury the hat(chett).
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KEEP YOUR HAT ON!
At the drop of a hat.
Knock into a cocked hat.
Bury the hat(chett).
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Marc Chevalier
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BellyTank said:
Hat was a silly pun.
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Careful with hat axe, Eugene(ius).
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emigran
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Snood..,
Ever hear of this as a slang for a fedora...???
Spencer Tracy (who always wore a slammin' swooping fed) used it in a movie referring to a hat that he had left at Kate Hepburn's house which then was returned to him at his office. When asked what was in the box he replied ... "Ahhh , it' just an old snood I had re-blocked..."
Ever hear of this as a slang for a fedora...???
Spencer Tracy (who always wore a slammin' swooping fed) used it in a movie referring to a hat that he had left at Kate Hepburn's house which then was returned to him at his office. When asked what was in the box he replied ... "Ahhh , it' just an old snood I had re-blocked..."
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I tried to Google it and found this, which points to the Old English term "snod" meaning "ribbon for the hair" as the origin.
If you Google a phrase like "slang snood", you'll find lots of other meanings, I won't repeat here. That part of the research I'll leave to you
If you Google a phrase like "slang snood", you'll find lots of other meanings, I won't repeat here. That part of the research I'll leave to you
im sure snood is a fancy netting gals used in there hair in the 40's or earlier times
found this
http://www.snoods.com/
found this
http://www.snoods.com/
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I'm confident that whatever character Spencer Tracy was playing in that film was using the term figuratively. Sorta like a person referring to his new $50,000 car as a bucket of bolts.
What's the title of the movie?
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A snood is not slang for a fedora.
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Mr. Wiki says: A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times or more during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets with three consecutive deliveries. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he was presented with a hat bought with the proceeds. The term was used in print for the first time in 1878. The term was eventually adopted by many other sports including association football, water polo, and team handball, but did not become popular in North America until the mid-1940s in the National Hockey League.
The hat that the cricket team bought Mr. Stephenson was a top hat. Which is also slang for:
Being uncircumcised; Top hat rhymes with twat, (you can look that up yourself); Top hat is also a euphemism for condom.
There are more than a few more, but: :embarassed:
And I have read, but can't find to corroborate, that hat trick was one of the many Brit expressions that the GI's picked up, whilst stationed here in the run up to D-Day.
Titfer. Cockney rhyming slang: Tit for tat.
Dome Piece. Also has a rude double entendre.
Lid, stating the obvious.
Skid-lid. Crash helmet.
You can find all there is to know about hat names here
