bonnet : Idioms & Phrases
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Black bonnet
(Zoöl.) , the black-headed bunting (Embriza Schoeniclus ) of Europe.
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Blue bonnet
- . See in the Vocabulary.
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Bonnet head
(Zoöl.) , a shark (Sphyrna tiburio ) of the southern United States and West Indies.
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Bonnet limpet
(Zoöl.) , a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (familyCalyptræidæ ).
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bonnet macaque
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noun Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
Macaca radiata; crown monkey; bonnet macaque; capped macaque.
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Bonnet monkey
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noun Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
Macaca radiata; crown monkey; bonnet macaque; capped macaque.
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(Zoöl.) , an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus ), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
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Bonnet piece
- a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott.
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bonnet shark
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noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
Sphyrna tiburo; shovelhead; bonnethead.
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bride's bonnet
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noun plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
queen's cup; Clintonia uniflora.
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Chip bonnet , Chip hat
- a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See
Chip , n., 3.
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granny's bonnets
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noun common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States
Aquilegia vulgaris.
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old-maid's bonnet
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noun stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
Lupinus perennis; Indian beet; sundial lupine; wild lupine.
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Poke bonnet
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noun a hat tied under the chin
bonnet.
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- a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
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To have a bee in the bonnet
- . See under
Bee .
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To have a bee in the head ∨ in the bonnet
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(a) To be choleric. Obs.(b) To be restless or uneasy. B. Jonson.(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head." Sir W. Scott.