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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOOKER, n.² A cloth cap with a peak (wm.Sc. 1957). Also more freq. hooker-doon (Edb., wm.Sc. 1957), which is phs. the earlier form. Sometimes attrib.Sc. p.1913 British Students' Song Bk. (Rev. Ed.) 173:
In a hooker-doon, with a grauvit round his neckium.wm.Sc. 1917 H. Foulis Jimmy Swan 264:
Ye'll go and buy a kep. A hat like that's no use at a Gleska fitba' match; ye need a hooker.wm.Sc. 1936 C. W. Thomson Sc. School Humour 71:
Oh, ay, just watch for an auld man wi' grey whiskers and a hooker-doon bonnet comin' oot.Fif. 1948 Scots Mag. (April) 50:
His kenspeckle figure, clad in the combination of vest and jacket known as a sleeved waistcoat, a “hooker-doon” tweed cap on his head.