porkpie

Short-brimmed felt hat

A porkpie is a hat with a flat crown and a narrow brim turned up all around, resembling the shape of a traditional pork pie.

It became associated with jazz musicians in the mid-20th century and has cycled in and out of fashion since: He wore a felt porkpie tilted back on his head.

In British rhyming slang, porkpie (or porky) means lie: Don't tell porkies.

hat

brim

Projecting edge or lip

feltCompressed fiber textile
trilbyPinch-crowned felt hat
fedoraSoft creased felt hat

bowler · derby · crown · band · Heisenberg · ska · rude boy · Walter White · millinery · haberdashery

jazz

bebop

Fast, complex jazz style

improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
swingSuspended recreational seat
hipsterAggressively alternative person

Thelonious Monk · Dizzy Gillespie · cool jazz · saxophone · trumpet · jam session · beret · zoot suit · nightclub · musician

pie

pastry

Buttery baked dough

crustHard outer layer
hand-raisedNurtured manually from infancy
gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein

jelly · cold cut · picnic · Leicestershire · ploughman's lunch · delicacy · appetizer · snack · butcher · savoury

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