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It's a hat you used to have to wear in school if you got the worst grade, etc. It was shaped like a cone and had DUNCE written on it in big black capital letters.
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An old fashioned DUNCE hat!
The hat you're referring to is likely a dunce cap, which was used as a form of punishment in Victorian schools. It was cone-shaped and often had a large "D" on it to denote that the wearer was a dunce or a slow learner.
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A dunce cap was a cone paper hat with a D on it. A dunce cap was used as punishment for slow children like getting a sum (arithmetic problem) incorrect. Children who wore a dunce cap was made to sit/stand in the corner (like a time-out). Today If you get an answer incorrect, no standing in the corner. Just staying at your desk. It's a good thing that big schools don't have dunce caps because if I went to school in the 19th century, I'll be ashamed.
A dunce cap is basically a funnel, however, it is very easy to make the funnel lopsided, which really fails as a cap. Please follow the link below for simple and accurate instructions on how to make a funnel that can be used as a dunce cap. Obviously you want to use a piece of paper that has a sufficient width in order that its circumference will allow it to sit on somebody's head.
one of the punishments in victorian schools was the dunce hat the teacher made the child stand still with a big hat that had a big d on it for dunce if they moved they got whipped and they had no food or drink for the hole day.
A dunce is a person who is slow to learn.
Safety Dunce was created in 2007.
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A dunce's hat was traditionally made out of paper or lightweight fabric, shaped like a cone and adorned with a colored ribbon or tassel at the tip. The hat was used as a symbol of foolishness or ignorance, often worn as a form of humiliation or punishment in educational settings.