bowler hat out

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bowler hat out

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Reputed to be from the practice of turning Royal Air Force men out by giving them their bowler hat and telling them to go.

verb bowler hats out · bowler hatting out · bowler hatted out · bowler-hat out

  1. UK, dated, slang To eject (someone) from an organization. Joe was bowler hatted out of the R.A.F. for misconduct.

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@misc{bowler_hat_out_2026,
  title = {bowler hat out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowler%20hat%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}