Not P but Moby-Dick (6)

[Mark Kohut]

seems some old slang says: pull down; lower [the cap, brim of] your hat.....

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:40 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from Chapter 24:
>
> No dignity in whaling? The dignity of our calling the very heavens attest.
> Cetus is a constellation in the South! No more! Drive down your hat in
> presence of the Czar, and take it off to Queequeg!
>
> What does "drive down" mean here? Some of the previous translations
> interpreted it as "remove", which doesn't seem right.
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