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DICK'S HATBAND

Specialty Definition: DICK'S HATBAND

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Dick's Hatband (Richard Cromwell, 1626-1712.)
(1) Dick's hatband, which was made of sand. His regal honours were "a rope of sand."
(2) As fine as Dick's hatband. The crown of England would be a very fine thing for anyone to get.
(3) As queer as Dick's hatband. Few things have been more ridiculous than the exaltation and abdication of the Protector's son.
(4) As tight as Dick's hatband. The hatband of Richard Cromwell was the crown, which was too tight for him to wear with safety. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: DICK'S HATBAND

Specialty definitions using "DICK'S HATBAND": QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND. (references)

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Anagrams: DICK'S HATBAND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-b-c-d-d-h-i-k-n-s-t"

-4 letters: backhands, katchinas.

-5 letters: antacids, backhand, bandaids, cabstand, candidas, habitans, hatbands, kachinas, katchina, katcinas, tabanids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DICK'S HATBAND


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 43 4B 27 53      48 41 54 42 41 4E 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01000011 01001011 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010100 01000010 01000001 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#67 &#75 &#39 &#83 &#32 &#72 &#65 &#84 &#66 &#65 &#78 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0043 004B 0027 0053      0048 0041 0054 0042 0041 004E 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38433745953242355436354838

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