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A hat so tough it tamed the Wild West and topped Chaplin's tramp.
means A round-crowned, hard felt hat with a narrow curled brim — or, separately, a person who bowls, whether in cricket or at the lanes.
from Named for the Bowler brothers, London hatmakers (Thomas and William) who in the 1840s crafted a hard-domed hat to a gamekeeper's order — it needed to survive low branches and rough use. The English call it a 'bowler' after its makers; Americans often call it a 'derby.' The sporting sense — one who bowls — comes from the much older verb 'bowl,' rooted in the Latin 'bulla,' a round bubble or knob, the same source as 'bowl' the round vessel; the unifying idea is roundness, whether crowning a head or rolling toward pins.
- Built for
- Gamekeepers, not gentlemen, to survive low branches
- Stomp test
- Hatters jumped on prototypes to prove durability
- Western icon
- Outsold the Stetson among cowboys and outlaws
- Bolivia loves it
- Indigenous Aymara women wear it daily
- Name origin
- Likely from hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler
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shane warne — australian leg-spinner with 708 test wickets, revolutionized bowling in the 1990s
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