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A hat with delusions of grandeur and a chin strap to match.
means A soft head covering tied under the chin, worn by women or babies — and, in British usage, the hinged metal cover over a car's engine.
from From Old French 'bonet,' originally a kind of cloth used for making hats, which came to mean the hat itself. The car sense — chiefly British — is a later figurative leap, the engine cover sitting over the machinery like a cap over a head.
- car cover
- British word for what Americans call the hood
- scottish roots
- Tam o' shanter is a traditional Scottish bonnet
- bee idiom
- A bee in your bonnet means obsessive worry
- baby staple
- Once mandatory headwear for infants and Victorian women
for instance
bonnet of monte carlo — famous street circuit section in monaco grand prix since 1929
bonnet street edinburgh — historic street in scotland's old town, named after the bonnet-wearing townspeople