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hard hat

1

noun

  1. a protective helmet of metal or plastic, especially as worn by construction or factory workers.
  2. a uniformed soldier of a regular army, as opposed to a guerrilla.


hard-hat

2
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[ hahrd-hat ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a construction worker, especially a member of a construction workers' union.
  2. a working-class conservative.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of hard-hats:

    enlisting hard-hat support for his policies.

hard hat

noun

  1. a hat made of a hard material for protection, worn esp by construction workers, equestrians, etc
  2. informal.
    a construction worker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informal.
    characteristic of the presumed conservative attitudes and prejudices typified by construction workers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hard hat1

First recorded in 1925–30

Origin of hard hat2

First recorded in 1960–65
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Idioms and Phrases

A working-class ultraconservative. For example, They were counting on a large number of votes from the hard hats . This term alludes to the rigid protective headgear worn by construction workers, who were noted for their conservatism during the tumultuous 1960s. [c. 1960]
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White tents have been erected at the perimeter as rescuers in bright yellow hard hats work to free an estimated 81 people still trapped beneath the collapsed skyscraper.

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Of these two thrillers, honey turns out to be funnier than hard hats.

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There is a reason why fresh from all the diplomatic handshakes, Sir Keir was back in the more familiar hi-vis and hard hat announcing defence jobs in Belfast.

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The Unite union protested at the SEC in Glasgow, placing 400 yellow hard hats outside the venue where the conference was being held - representing jobs lost by the closure of Grangemouth.

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On Livorno Drive, a street in the Palisades overlooking the ocean, dozens of people wearing neon construction vests and hard hats stood by the twisted wreckage of burned homes.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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