THE AMUSING THINGS WE SAY
“TO hMM h INTO 4 ( <M KEO HAT” One noted authority claims that a eh n”. n mm’s hat> i> responsible for th p\ -eossion. The predecessor of I the cocked hat was the Cavalier hat with its flat, flop brim and vvtiite-feather-t rimmed crown- The cocked ; hat. this authority claims, is merely j the Cavaliers hat whose brim had | t-een knocked up and in by three ..paced blows around the circumfer-1 ••nee of the crown. It was from this! hat that the expression "Knocked into ’ i cocked hat." signifying to be knock- ! ed out or flattened, came into its ; present-dav usage.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 297, 17 December 1941, Page 4
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