Instead, he simply takes his stand in the center of the platform, where all the spotlights meet, and there calmly strips off his raiment of reticence - first his Sunday plug-hat, then his long-tailed coat, then his boiled shirt, then his shoes and socks, and finally his very B. V.D.'s. ❋ Unknown (1919)
Bierce came in an elegant plug-hat and told me some curious anecdotes on the way to the crematory, chiefly of morgues, dissecting-rooms and lonely church-yards: he was the most gruesome of men. ❋ Unknown (1919)
It is true that I dressed the Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court in a plug-hat, but, let's see, that was twenty-five years ago. ❋ Unknown (1910)
"You must wear it," they told me; "why, just think of going to Washington without a plug-hat!" ❋ Unknown (1910)
Then no man was considered fully dressed until he donned a plug-hat. ❋ Unknown (1910)
Why, I believe I could walk along the streets of New York-I never do-but still I think I could-and I should never see a well-dressed man wearing a plug-hat. ❋ Unknown (1910)
Why, when I left home yesterday they trotted out a plug-hat for me to wear. ❋ Unknown (1910)
He was the only man on the boat with a plug-hat, and I tell you he felt ashamed of himself. ❋ Unknown (1910)
It seems hard for some men to believe that it is not essential for a real Christian to wear a plug-hat. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills. ❋ Lorimer, George H (1903)
And you may take my word for it, the gentleman in the ancient plug-hat did not wait to see if his fare had made a mistake, but trotted away good and hearty. ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)
He came down town the following day with a shiny plug-hat and a gold-headed cane. ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)
The youth set down his barrow and surveyed them with some curiosity as they came up to him, Hiram well ahead, looming with all his six feet two, his plug-hat flashing in the sun. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
A rather decayed-looking gentleman, wearing a frock-coat shiny at the elbows, and a fuzzy plug-hat, was tapping his cane against one of the pickets to attract attention. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
They'll elect you twice as quick if you come back here with a high collar and a plug-hat, even these grangers. ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)
Then Col. Crockett Shaw marched in, wearing a plug-hat to mark the occasion as especial and official, but taking no chances on the dangers of that unwonted regalia in frosty January; he had ear-tabs close clamped to the sides of his head. ❋ Holman Day (1900)
"Look here, you men," he shouted, his gaze running over plug-hat, swollen nose, seaman's broad face, and the faces of the other suitors, ❋ Holman Day (1900)
Tom Thumb, from a plug-hat Bishop to a little pusilanimous dude preacher. ❋ Unknown (1898)
He is a wheel-hoss; he dressed as fine as a fiddle, with a plug-hat and dashboard shoes, and had a long jimswinger coat that come to his knees. ❋ Unknown (1888)
I had on my plug-hat, silk vest, light-gray pants, dark-blue coat, and my new patent-leather shoes. ❋ Unknown (1888)
