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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BON-GRACE, n. “A course [sic] [broad-brimmed] straw hat worn by the female peasantry, of their own manufacture” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.²). Given in N.E.D. as arch. or obs. and latest example 1719 except for Sc. quot.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxviii.:
Ower and aboon a', if laughing days were e'er to come . . . ye wad laugh weel to see my round face at the far end of a strae bongrace.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 79:
Some tak a great delight to place The modest bon-grace o'er the face.Edb. [1825] R. Chambers Trad. of Edb. (1869) 219:
Bongrace. A bonnet of silk and cane.n.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
Bongrace. A coarse straw hat, especially worn by country-women.