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Record 1 2001-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Men's Clothing
  • Work Clothes
OBS

I can only speculate that a tractor hat is a baseball cap with some sort of company logo on it, for example, 'CAT' (for Caterpillar Tractors). Such caps are perhaps more widely known as 'gimme caps'. I have also heard them referred to as 'seed caps' (from an informant in Northern Florida.)

OBS

Quote from a letter by the Senior Editor of Webster's New World Dictionary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements pour hommes
  • Vêtements de travail
OBS

casquette : Coiffure formée d'une coiffe souple ou rigide, et munie d'une visière.

Spanish

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