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trilby

[ tril-bee ]

noun

, Chiefly British.
, plural tril·bies.
  1. a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.


trilby

/ ˈtrɪlbɪ /

noun

  1. a man's soft felt hat with an indented crown
  2. slang.
    plural feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilby1

1895–1900; short for Trilby hat, after the hat worn by a character in an illustration for the novel Trilby (1894) by George du Maurier
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilby1

C19: named after Trilby , the heroine of a dramatized novel (1893) of that title by George du Maurier
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Example Sentences

He stood there with his grey Trilby in his hand and his tailor-made deltoids almost filling the aperture of the doorway.

Now, Mrs. Petticoat, this line extending from the Mount of Trilby to the outer side of the sole is the life line.

And the joke is that I thanked another man for the gift of Trilby, and the beast never let on.

And I wrote a two and one-half column review of Trilby to please him.

"Trilby" is assaulted by the united comstockery of a dozen cities, and "The Yoke" somehow escapes.

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