noun a cap with a big visor. In vogue during the 'Superfly' era of the early 1970s US, 1970

---

nickname New York. Slang etymologists Gerald Cohen and Barry Popik have researched the origins of the term extensively, destroying along the way a number of popular yet false etymologies. Cohen and Popik trace the first printed use of the term to New York sportswriter John J. Fitzgerald, who heard the term used by black racetrack stable hands US, 1921