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kasket

“kasket” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cap (head covering with a brim)
  2. hat (symbolic reference to a particular role or capacity)

Etymology

Borrowed from French casquette (“cap”), diminutive of casque (“helmet”), from Spanish casco (“helmet, crown”), from cascar (“to split”), from Latin quassare (“to strike”).

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