moloker slang.
(ˈmɒləkə(r))
Also molocker.
A renovated silk hat. So ˈmoloker v. (see quot.).
| 1863 Sala Breakf. in Bed. v. 105 'Tis like an old hat that has been ‘molokered’, or ironed and greased into a simulacrum of its pristine freshness. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 18 July 3/3 A good Molocker (Molocker, it appears, is the trade term for renovated old chapeaux). Ibid., We came across one shop where Molockers were sold. |