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Synonyms for hard hat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrd-hat
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌhæt



Définition of hard hat

Origin :
  • also hardhat, hard-hat, late 14c., "helmet;" 1935, "derby hat;" meaning "safety helmet" is from 1953; used figuratively for "construction worker" from 1970.
  • noun protective headgear
Example sentences :
  • With troubled eyes he looked for his round, hard hat, and put it on his round head.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was a rattle on his hard hat and something bounced off to splash to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • I became the possessor of a hard hat that I might ape the respectables.
  • Extract from : « My Lady of the Chimney Corner » by Alexander Irvine
  • He was dressed as a workman, or a laborer, and he had on a hard hat.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Of hair, indeed, Mr. Chifney could only boast a rim of carroty-gray stubble under the rim of the back of his hard hat.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • A short man entered; he had big shoulders and remarkable girth of chest, and he carried a black, hard hat in his hand.
  • Extract from : « Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist » by John T. McIntyre
  • As you value your comfort, dear reader, never purchase a hard hat.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • And the little bow-legged one, with the hard hat two sizes too big, was Hen Tomlins who always went shopping with his wife.
  • Extract from : « Green Valley » by Katharine Reynolds

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