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Fool's cap   /fulz kæp/   Listen
Fool's cap

noun
1.
A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils.  Synonyms: dunce's cap, dunce cap.






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"Fool's cap" Quotes from Famous Books



... never have come to be what he was but for that dreadful month at Whitchester. Instead of shutting up village-boys and hurting their health if they have done anything wrong, why can't they be ordered to wear a fool's cap for a week, going about their ordinary work? Our eyes would be on them, and they would not have a chance of picking and stealing again; it would give us a little more trouble at first, but not in the long run, and save ...
— The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax • Harriet Parr



Words linked to "Fool's cap" :   dunce's cap, chapeau, hat, dunce cap, lid



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