Wiktionary
n. May be a top hat or a bowler hat.
WordNet
n. a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen [syn: bowler hat, bowler, derby]
Usage examples of "plug hat".
At that, Zanni produced a plug hat from somewhere and set it on his head, but put it there upside down.
He was always nifty himself, and so you bet you his funeral ain't going to be no slouch--solid silver door-plate on his coffin, six plumes on the hearse, and a nigger on the box in a biled shirt and a plug hat--how's that for high?
They was a fella had been uppity, an' he nearly fainted when this fella come in with a plug hat on.
His stubby, flat-topped plug hat hung jauntily on the back of his head.
A broad-shouldered, well-built man with a thick mustache and a dusty plug hat rose from his crouch with the casual ease of a lion coming up out of the grass.
The driver took the bill, touched the butt of his whip to the rim of his plug hat and shook the horse's reins.
One of these was a tall, long-legged fellow, who wore a long-tailed coat and a high plug hat.
It was of the Wizard, dressed in a tall plug hat, a cigar sticking straight out of his lips, and in the evening clothes of a gentleman of the late 19th century.