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toque definition

toque (tōk)

noun

  1. a small, plumed hat worn by men and women in the 16th cent.
  2. a woman's small, round, closefitting, usually brimless hat

Etymology: Fr, a cap < Sp toca < Basque tauka, kind of cap

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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