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Recent Examples of porkpie hat
Co-owners Janel Inouye and Ed Roehr — the latter in his signature porkpie hat — worked the room, shaking hands, talking to customers, friends and industry folk who came to raise a glass to one of Sacramento’s most esteemed eateries.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
McBride’s porkpie hat formed a halo around his head.
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Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
In the years after his show, Vivino had a prolific career, performing up to 300 comedy shows per year around the state in his signature porkpie hat and plaid coat.
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Joshua Jongsma,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
Frank Lloyd Wright is known for a lot of things, among them organic architecture, porkpie hats and philandering.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
Top that off with Oppenheimer’s signature wide-brim porkpie hat (which was surprisingly difficult for the costume designer to source), and the look felt timeless, says Mirojnick.
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Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2024
Lopez, a slight, courtly sixty-one-year-old who wears a porkpie hat and walks with a cane, relayed his story to Minogue.
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Jennifer Egan,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
So, go, get into the spirit and put on some pink or don an exaggerated porkpie hat.
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 July 2023
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
McBride’s porkpie hat formed a halo around his head.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
In the years after his show, Vivino had a prolific career, performing up to 300 comedy shows per year around the state in his signature porkpie hat and plaid coat.
—
Joshua Jongsma,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
Frank Lloyd Wright is known for a lot of things, among them organic architecture, porkpie hats and philandering.
—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
Top that off with Oppenheimer’s signature wide-brim porkpie hat (which was surprisingly difficult for the costume designer to source), and the look felt timeless, says Mirojnick.
—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2024
Lopez, a slight, courtly sixty-one-year-old who wears a porkpie hat and walks with a cane, relayed his story to Minogue.
—
Jennifer Egan,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
So, go, get into the spirit and put on some pink or don an exaggerated porkpie hat.
—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for porkpie hat
Noun
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There are flag sweaters and skate sneakers and prairie skirts; there are Cheyanne moccasins and Mennonite bonnets and the not-quite-holy Yankees baseball cap.
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There was a phone book, camera film canisters, metal pins, the tattered remains of a baseball cap and an orange t-shirt with the outline of a giant thumbs up.
Noun
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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.
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
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Rosa Castro, 40, stood outside of her new home in Sunrise on Saturday in a cowboy hat with her husband and her two children.
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The company was paid to produce dozens of videos for DHS while McLaughlin worked there, including an ad of former secretary Kristi Noem in a cowboy hat atop a horse in front of Mount Rushmore.
Noun
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Moriya wore a Western-style morning coat and a silk hat that belonged to Prince Takamodo, the late father of Princess Ayako.
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Making big money as head of the Empire State Building and a bank, Smith moved to Fifth Avenue and swapped his brown derby for a silk hat.
Noun
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In a black sequined dress, a top hat, and a pink boa-type shawl, Drescher was very much dressed for the occasion.
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Sporting a traditional top hat, then-Prince Charles walked alongside his grandmother, the Queen Mother, at the 1979 Royal Ascot.
Noun
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The original glass Bearista cold cup came with a straw and was shaped like a teddy bear with a green Starbucks stocking cap on its head.
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The arrest has drawn widespread attention, as the child had just returned home from preschool with his father and was wearing a Spider Man backpack and blue stocking cap with bunny ears when detained.
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The garrison cap worn by her grandfather, Tech.
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Mandatory class attire includes gray pants, a black pelt, gray button-up shirt and a garrison cap.
Noun
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Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.
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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.
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“Porkpie hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porkpie%20hat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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