bangkok
See also: Bangkok
English
Etymology
From the place name Bangkok.
Noun
bangkok (plural bangkoks)
- A kind of straw hat.
- 1918, Schedules M and N, free list, customs administration and income tax; subject index (page 1515)
- The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.
- 1918, Schedules M and N, free list, customs administration and income tax; subject index (page 1515)