newsboy cap

noun

plural newsboy caps

: a cap that has a short brim, a low rounded crown usually made of multiple triangular panels of fabric, and a button in the center of the crown

… a preponderance of newsboy caps on the runways will fill the streets with heads covered in tweed and tartan.

—Juliet Buck

Examples of newsboy cap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Thursday, while on a royal visit to the Isle of Bute in Scotland, Kate donned a chic chocolate brown trench coat, layered over a green turtleneck sweater and paired with a green tweed newsboy cap. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

In news that seems redundant but is meant to be relevant, Conrad’s doctor warns that his impulse control is weakening, which allows Brosnan to go from zero to unhinged at the drop of a newsboy cap. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

His olive-green newsboy cap, with a silver thunderbird pin on its peak, is tossed on the bed. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026

For the outing, Hayek paired a black suede newsboy cap with polarizing shorts. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for newsboy cap

• handicap
• overlap
• thunderclap
• wiretap
• app
• chap
• clap
• crap
• flap
• frap
• gap
• hap