Sentences with phrase «cocked hat»

The phrase "cocked hat" refers to an old-fashioned type of hat worn by men in the past. It has a unique shape where the brim of the hat is folded up on three sides, creating a triangular shape. Full definition
They are dressed for the conditions while the British are wearing frock coats and sporting cocked hats.
Being kept out of the NCAA has knocked our recruiting of swimmers into a cocked hat
Incidentally you can check the figures in your new chum Peter Oborne's book the Rise of Political Lying in which he charts the addiction of New \ Labour to systematic misinformation and explains why it is they are so much worse than the Conservative s Party I think you will find you lame - ass weak sheeeet over in the cocked hat into which I have knocked it bitch (Just watched the wire....)
It knocks customised dating services into a cocked hat.
It's too long, too contrived and is knocked into a cocked hat by After Hours.
But the 2010 election knocked that plan into a cocked hat, as the newly elected Republican majority in the House of Representatives pushed federal expenditures downward.
If Carnoy and Rothstein are correct, the conventional wisdom about U. S. standing in the world has been tossed into a cocked hat.
To throw things into even more of a cocked hat, at one point NAEP began reporting math scores on a 0 - 300 scale, making it difficult to compare results reported on this scale with earlier NAEP assessments reported on a 0 - 500 scale.
Thoughtful, considered, intelligent and well - made, for my money it knocked Pro Evo into a cocked hat for the first time in... well, ever.
The headdress is a cocked hat in the vein of Judith Leyster's or Frans Hals's portraits of jovial Dutchmen.
That's an aggressive claim: OnePlus — founded in Shenzhen, China, in December 2013 — is implying that a reasonable outlay will buy you a handset that can knock the top vendors» flagship phones into a cocked hat.
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