Definition of "sunbonnet" [sun•bon•net]

• A woman's wide-brimmed bonnet with a flap at the back to protect the neck from the sun. (noun)

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• "A crossdressing Marlon Brando shooting a Creedmore is pretty out there (not to say old Marlon in a sunbonnet is any kind of pretty)."
• "A young girl came on, a sunbonnet hanging down her back, her apron caught up in front and filled with grain which she threw to the buttering fowls."
• "I called it her preacher lady hat but I guess you could say it was a sunbonnet made for two."