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Ten-gallon hat

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large cowboy hat, not holding ten gallons like the name would suggest but usually around three quarts.
  2. 2
    a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands wordnet

Etymology

Not certain. An earlier form without the number, gallon hat, comes by folk etymology from the Spanish galón (“braid”). It may also be a hyperbolic reference to the size of the hat, or a combination of the two.

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