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\Definition of deerstalker
— called also deerstalker cap, deerstalker hat
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“Deerstalker.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deerstalker. Accessed 27 January 2020.
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The first known use of deerstalker was in 1870
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