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• n  one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
• n  a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

• As he stepped from his plane General Sandino looked the part: big pistol on hip, broad sombrero, soft white towel knotted carelessly around his neck, over-size field glasses .
• The mustachioed, sombrero-wearing Zelaya makes for an unlikely leftist hero.
• Then the star of the show loped onstage, wearing skintight jeans and a white sombrero.

• Sombrero

News & Articles

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• Purple-sombrero wearing Vikings fan from Lakeland faces new charge in Green Bay brawl
  A Lakeland, Minn., man who wore a Vikings purple sombrero atop his head during a brawl at a sports bar across from Lambeau Field is facing a new charge.
  June 12, 2013 - Pioneer Press
• Purple-sombrero wearing Vikings fan faces new charge in brawl
  A Minnesota man who wore a Vikings purple sombrero atop his head during a brawl at a sports bar across from Lambeau Field is facing a new charge.
  June 12, 2013 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Amateur Baseball: Tyler Embree saves best for last for Mickey Vernon
  After wearing the old golden sombrero — four whiffs in four plate appearances — Tyler Embree finally made contact in his last at-bat and drilled the baseball a long, long way.
  June 12, 2013 - Delaware County Daily Times

Quotes

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• Lloyd Doggett in FOXNews
  Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said Republicans were trying to confuse Americans into thinking "Osama Bin Laden is heading north in a sombrero."
• Pete Rose in Village Voice
  But a June 16, 1987, Associated Press dispatch quotes then-Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose as saying, "We had two guys who got the 'Golden Sombrero' tonight. You know what the Golden Sombrero is, don't you? It's the hat trick plus one."
• Ricky Hatton in Sportinglife.com
  Hatton added: "Last time I walked in with Barrera I didn't realise I had the sombrero on the wrong way round. His manager was shouting at me to turn it round but I didn't hear him. It was pretty embarrassing."