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A bell-boy hat/bellboy cap is a small round. Or oval brimless cap with a crown about 2–3 inches in height, "resembling squat can or drum." It is often worn as part of the——uniform of a bellhop. The bell-boy hat is based on a 19th-century military drummer boy's cap. A bell-boy hat usually features a chinstrap. And is trimmed to match the "rest of a bellhop's uniform."
As a fashion item, the style was popular in the late 1930s and 1940s for women, when it could be dressed up with veils, military trimmings or a snood (a decorative hairnet). The chinstrap would then be worn to the back – under the skull – to help secure it to the head. A bellhop's hat is also frequently seen in the logo of the Belgian comic character Spirou, as the character is depicted as being bellboy.
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