A kiss-me-quick hat is a British seaside novelty hat, typically bearing the words "Kiss me quick" or "Kiss me quick, squeeze me slow".
Culturally,
The Daily Telegraph describes them as "one step up from a knotted handkerchief".
Rhyming slang and derivative terms
"Kiss me quick" has been used as rhyming slang for "prick".
Also used as an -ism as in "kiss-me-kwik seaside towns." - describing "cheap, dated, seaside towns" according to
Partridge.
See also
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Buntal hat
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Sailor hat
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Straw hat
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