Difference between revisions of "Caoutchouc kepi"
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- caoutchouc: (French) rubber; raincoat (obsolete)
- kepi: a forward-sloping military cap used in teh French army
- HCE is putting on his seven pieces of clothing, suitably waterproof for a happygogusty April morning of potentially stormy conditions, that is, of showers and exposers. Cf.great belt, Hideinsacks, blaufunx fustian, Ironsides jackboots, Bhagafat gaiters and rubberised inverness