deerstalker
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Definition of deerstalker
: 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 Wolf and Bear Pub (with a deerstalker-wearing grizzly) soon followed. — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, "Where the game is always afoot for Sherlock lovers | The Sacramento Bee," 20 Apr. 2018 The job is more Sherlock Holmes than Scooby Doo—and Alperovitch has everything but the deerstalker cap. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Meet CrowdStrike’s Dmitri Alperovitch, Cyber Spy Hunter," 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, "Will Tom Hiddleston Really Guest Star on Sherlock? An Exhaustive Investigation," 5 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deerstalker.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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