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shako

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Recent Examples of shako Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman. Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018 Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shako
Noun
  • Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Take out yer triangular hat (a tricorn), eye patch, brass earrings, shoulder parrot, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And what's up with that guy in the beret?
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Per the company, brand-new elements were designed for Sloth’s pirate hat and bandana, and Mama Fratelli’s hair and beret.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.
    Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
  • De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.
    Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
Noun
  • Now employers must show a substantial hardship when refusing to honor religious beliefs or practices, such as allowing employees to wear a yarmulke, hijab or turban, pray at work or to schedule work around religious observances.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • She was hanged; her body thrown in the river and is often spotted wearing a green turban to hide her missing ear.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lime and makers of personal e-scooters encourage using helmets, and Lime has launched campaigns in some cities to tell riders to wear headgear.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The helmets’ one-size-fits-all design comprised a manganese steel outer shell and an adjustable inner lining that was attached to a leather chinstrap.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • It's served with apple pikliz – a Haitian-style slaw of pickled cabbage, carrots and scotch bonnet peppers, though the Barracos add shaved apple to give it a Midwestern twist.
    Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Shot over the first days of production, the scene was rigged with cameras on the bonnet of a G-Wagon, capturing chaos as Emma Stone’s character fights back against her would-be captors.
    Tiana DeNicola, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The president has spent much of the shutdown mocking Democrats, posting videos of House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries in a Mexican sombrero.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The congresswoman was dressed in a traditional Mexican dress and wore a sombrero while Pearcy wore an ICE vest over fatigues.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Shako.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shako. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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