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hat catcher

hat catcher
 n.— «His interest in the fire department was another thing Elmore Tonini shared with his father: Both were well-known “hat catchers”—a term for a fan of the fire department.» —“Elmore Tonini, church supply patriarch, dies at 86” by Paula Burba Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) May 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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