Homburg
See also: homburg
English
Winston Churchill wearing a Homburg
Alternative forms
- homburg
Etymology
From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒmbəːɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.bɚɡ/
Noun
Homburg (plural Homburgs)
- A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:
- The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1066:
- He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg.
- 2020 August 28, Thomas Vinciguerra, “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Harold Gould as Kid Twist (with a great mustache) wore the best Homburg in recent memory, and Redford always kept his fedora atilt at just the right, rakish angle.
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Proper noun
Homburg
- A town in Saarland, Germany.
Further reading
Homburg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia