2006-07-15 11:18:28 · 3 answers · asked by Sanitizer 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Long cold lonely nights at hat camp
2006-07-16 05:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Pass the Hat: To make a collection on behalf of a distressed person or people. Taken from William Maginn's Tales of Military Life, 1829 "Having sent round the hat for the benefit of the poor and half petrified". Later referred to by entertainers and religious perofrmers who used a hat to collect their money. This procedure helped create other hat terms such as "talking through your hat", "hat in hand" and "old hat".
2006-07-15 18:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
During the depression most all people were without work and had families to feed....sometimes people would
Pass The Hat turn the hat upside down to collect money for the person.
2006-07-15 18:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by polllydooodle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋