dunsel cap
English edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʌnsəl kap/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʌnsəl kæp/
- Hyphenation: dun‧sel cap
Noun edit
dunsel cap (plural dunsel caps)
- (nautical) A knitted cap.
- 1975 December 18, The Cincinnati Enquirer:
- "[The suspect was] described as black, 17-20 years old and wearing a dunsel cap and black plaid jacket..."
- 1978 July 16, The Kokomo Tribune:
- "McLaughlin said the suspect was wearing a yellow tank top shirt and possibly glasses and a dunsel cap, which is similar to a ski cap with a tassel."
- 2011, Joani Lacy, Hollister House: The Banyan Tree Awakens, page 83:
- "Her long white hair was stuffed haphazardly into a dunsel cap..."
- 2013, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love: A Novel (Open Road Media), pages not numbered:
- "In the school yard he saw his grammar-school self in dunsel cap and leather boots..."
