Show throw hats ext at candidates the word hetman Is a title given to the commander in chief of the cossacks annually chosen from among their number cumber the process of selection oft ersa contrast to the american custom of figuratively throwing ones hat in the ring as a sign of 0 willingness to accept the nomination to office among the cossacks it was wag the custom while in assembly to throw their fur caps at the candidates for whom they voted annl an l the one receiving the greatest number was declared elected baltimore sun |