"High hat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... smooth-faced man, in a high hat, who came with the lady," said the clerk severely and concisely,—"didn't you ...
— The Three Partners • Bret Harte
... to it I found the others all at this door, very angry. They'd been here all night, trying to get out. Then the door opened this gentleman must have opened it and before I could protect him, that underbred man in the high hat you remember ," ...
— The Enchanted Castle • E. Nesbit
... who questioned the wisdom of starting this new school had in their minds pictures of what was called an educated Negro, with a high hat, imitation gold eye-glasses, a showy walking-stick, kid gloves, fancy boots, and what not—in a word, a man who was determined to live by his wits. It was difficult for these people to see how education would produce ...
— Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) - Orators and Reformers • Various
... President got his mind fixed upon the affairs of the road again, Colonel Holiday came in. Like the Honorable gentleman, he too entered by the private door unannounced; for he was the Father of the Santa Fe. Placing his high hat top side down on the table, the Colonel folded his hands over the golden head of his cane and inquired of the President if he ...
— The Last Spike - And Other Railroad Stories • Cy Warman
... there was something manly, and even powerful about his whole apparel. He was always the same, so that by men even in his own county, he would hardly have been known in other garments. The strong, broad brimmed high hat, with the cord passing down his back beneath his coat, that had known the weather of various winters; the dark, red coat, with long swallow tails, which had grown nearly black under many storms; the dark, buff striped ...
— The Landleaguers • Anthony Trollope
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