Panama hat

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Panama hat (plural Panama hats)

  1. A type of brimmed hat braided in Peru and Ecuador with the leaves of Carludovica palmata.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, “In Search of Game”, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad, London, Melbourne, Vic., Toronto, Ont.: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, →OCLC, page 166:
      Mr. Banks’s panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

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