often attributive
: a usually felt hat with brim turned up in back and down in front and with a dented crown
variants
or less commonly snap-brim
: a hat usually made of felt with the brim turned up in back and down in front and with a dented crown
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Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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Noun
His snap-brim fedora, for example, triggered a San Francisco-wide run on men’s dress hats.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Snap-brim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap-brim. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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