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skullcap

[skuhl-kap] / ˈskʌlˌkæp /


NOUN
skull
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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A large crowd - many wearing kippas, the Jewish skullcap, or draped in Australian flags - gathered to listen to speeches after the observing the silence.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Since 2004, middle and high school students in France have been barred from wearing “ostentatious” symbols that have a clear religious meaning, like a Catholic cross, a Jewish skullcap or a Muslim head scarf.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The remains, which include a skullcap, tooth, and thighbone, are the most famous items on a list of treasures Indonesia wants back.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022

He grew religious in middle age, appearing on screen in a skullcap until finally withdrawing from popular culture for an ascetic life of biblical scholarship in Jerusalem.

From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2022

To please Grandfather, he wore a small round skullcap to show he was Jewish.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren




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