Not P but Moby-Dick (6)

[David Morris]

“Drive down” your hat for the Czar.
(versus? the same action/sentiment?)
“Take off” your hat for Queequeg.

I take it the point is to raise Queequeg to the status of the Czar.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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