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/ˈkɛpi/ · noun
A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms..
Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
Use kepi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kepi means A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms..
Common synonyms include peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
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