stovepipe-hatted

English

Alternative forms

• stove-pipe-hatted

Etymology

From stovepipe hat +‎ -ed.

Adjective

stovepipe-hatted (not comparable)

1. Wearing a stovepipe hat.
   • 1883 April 21, “Railway Exposition Notes. More Curiosities.”, in The Railway Review, volume XXIII, number 16, Chicago, Ill.:

     These were ordinary stage-coach bodies, which permitted through the doors and windows a clear view of the passengers within, who, in the old drawing of the train, are seen sitting in pairs on each of the three inside seats, in solemn, stovepipe-hatted dignity.

   • 1888 January 14, “London Types”, in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, volume LXV, number 1,687, New York, N.Y., page 370:

     To smoke a cigar in the streets of London is to be singled out as either a millionaire or a Yankee. The pipe is universal in the British dominions. It is in the mouth of the club swell, the navvy on the docks, the stovepipe-hatted Eton schoolboy, and the homeless poor in Trafalgar Square. Why? Because the cost of English cigars is no less startling than their vileness.

   • 2014 March 23, Susan Fadem, “Ex-flight attendant’s 1876 home boasts eclectic furnishings from around world”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 136, number 82, page H3:

     Just feet away stands a lanky, wooden Abraham Lincoln. An attached platform elevates the stovepipe-hatted former president to his nearly 6-foot-4 actual height.