sou'wester

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Noun
  • Howard sits in a green chair wearing a white t-shirt, a blue baseball cap, a gold chain, jeans, and sneakers.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Jessica, 45, donned a pair of aviators and an oversized red crewneck, while Johnson, 45, was seen sporting a Georgia Institute of Technology baseball cap and a blue button-down shirt over a black T-shirt.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Anrabess Knit Coatigan, $36 with coupon While not technically a trench coat, this coatigan shares several similarities with Meghan’s cozy outerwear.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Last week, Martin stood outside of Tish James' home in Brooklyn, New York, and posed for pictures dressed in a trench coat.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.
    Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
Noun
  • Improvising an armed version to clear Russian trenches should not be an impossible technical challenge, given how easily troops in the field have attached sawn-off shotguns to drones.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The older Burnett would put on a top hat, a black suit, a red tie and a red handkerchief.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In his first-ever musical role — which later served him well playing the iconic singer Bob Dylan in 2024's A Complete Unknown — Chalamet slips into the comically large top hat of the titular chocolatier first introduced in Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since the 1940s, companies have been using PFAS – perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make products easier to use, from Teflon nonstick pots to waterproof rain gear, stain-resistant carpet and firefighting foam.
    Jiameng Zheng, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Keep the rain gear close — showers and thunderstorms could dump buckets of rain across the Kansas City area on Monday, the National Weather Service said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
Noun
  • One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
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“Sou'wester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sou%27wester. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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