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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal).

Noun edit

clockmutch (plural clockmutches)

  1. (New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.

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