bonnet
A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
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New gallery at Paris museum reckons with French role in Nazi art looting https://www.europesays.com/france/12074/ PARIS (AP) — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the…
“Fair enough—if he’s spent years under the bonnet, he’d know 😄 What does he usually look for to decide if something’s too far gone to be worth using?”
WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO FLY INTO AND OUT OF A CAVE? In 1972 at the Grotte de Bédailhac in the French Pyrenees, a test pilot called Georges Bonnet achieved this unusual ‘first in the world’ using a SO…
Stede Bonnet pitching The Revenge to Mary. #OFMD
Got Big Red washed and dropped off for a service yesterday and only just noticed scratches on the roof and bonnet bleeehhh :c
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A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
“Now,” said he, “put such a bonnet as that in the show window.” He did not fill his show-window up town with a lot of hats and bonnets to drive people away, and then sit on the back stairs and bawl because people went to Wanamaker's to t…
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A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
Make sure that the power buffer's lamb's-wool bonnet is clean. Change or rinse the bonnet frequently to avoid scratching the finish. Use the bonnet as a mitten to buff in the crevices and other areas that the power buffer can't reach.
“New gallery at Paris museum reckons with French role in Nazi art looting https://www.europesays.com/france/12074/ PARIS (AP) — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the…”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Fair enough—if he’s spent years under the bonnet, he’d know 😄 What does he usually look for to decide if something’s too far gone to be worth using?””
— Bluesky· May 2026“WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO FLY INTO AND OUT OF A CAVE? In 1972 at the Grotte de Bédailhac in the French Pyrenees, a test pilot called Georges Bonnet achieved this unusual ‘first in the world’ using a SOCATA Rallye 125 aircraft. #Frhistory”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Stede Bonnet pitching The Revenge to Mary. #OFMD”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Got Big Red washed and dropped off for a service yesterday and only just noticed scratches on the roof and bonnet bleeehhh :c”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet.
“But Tom would let me (4/5 yo) carry him around and put a baby doll bonnet on his head and wheel him around in my baby doll carriage. I don’t know that he was happy about it, but he tolerated it. 😍”
— Bluesky· May 2026“these would go so well with a shiny bib and bonnet @//@”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Founded in Bonnet Shores, RI, #ClubCoastal is anchored in a love for the ocean. 🌊 Combining creating meaningful jewelry with a deep connection to life on the water, Club Coastal is rooted in creativity, community & coastal living. We are so proud to partner with Club Coastal. 💙”
— Bluesky· May 2026“France reckons with Nazi-looted art in new Paris museum gallery https://www.europesays.com/france/11809/ PARIS (AP) — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the…”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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