He was dressed now like a planter from the Carolinas, in a white coat and straw skimmer.
Mulcahy, clad above the waist in nothing more than a sleeveless undershirt and a straw skimmer, had tried to buy a ticket to a Yankees game.
More recently, the straw skimmers have changed to styrofoam hats, and classmates take bites out of one another's hats.
"Me me," answered Remo, covering the forehead mess of the British agent with the straw skimmer.
They all wore blazers and straw skimmers.
Until this month the image most likely to be evoked by "he threw his hat into the ring" was a felt fedora or a straw skimmer.
He came into the kitchen carrying the straw skimmer he donned every June 1st, regardless of the weather.
She wore a crisp white linen suit and a white straw skimmer.
The driver, still smiling, looked down at Samson and tipped the straw skimmer he was wearing.