sou'wester

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Noun
  • In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The cheeky youngster with an eyepatch and baseball cap trailed by a motley crew?
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Swap a black skirt for one with shades of the season, and a brown trench coat for a deep brown wool jacket.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Angelina Jolie appeared at the TIFF premiere of her film Couture in a floor-length brown double-breasted trench coat by Gabriela Hearst and Cartier jewelry.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 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
  • This off-white cropped trench jacket is designed for easy layering and is nearly half off today.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.
    Alice Vernon September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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