OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1984

sombrero

/səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sombrero de charro • sombrero mexicano
A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.
`Hey listen Pancho, take your hands off me or I'll stick your sombrero up your Khyber.'
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