BOWLER


Meaning of BOWLER in English

n. (in full bowler hat) a man's hard felt hat with a round dome-shaped crown. bowler-hat (-hatted, -hatting) sl. retire (a person) from the army etc. (he's been bowler-hatted).

[ Bowler, a hatter, who designed it in 1850 ]

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