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bonnet

/ˈbɑnɪt/ verb C2
  1. To put a bonnet on. (transitive)
  2. To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of. (dated, transitive)

He/she/it bonnets · Past bonneted · Past participle bonneted · -ing form bonneting

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Verb forms

Base form
bonnet
He/she/it
bonnets
Past
bonneted
Past participle
bonneted
-ing form
bonneting

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that you have a wee bit of a bee in your bonnet over this professor.
The Valley of Fear, p. 12 · C1
Willie cocks his highland bonnet,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1
Shortly afterwards the outer door closed, her bonnet passed the bow window, and we knew that we were alone in the lower floor of the house.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 89 · B2
Their eyes were immediately wandering up the street in quest of the officers, and nothing less than a very smart bonnet, indeed, or a really new muslin in a shop window, could recall them.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 79 · B2

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