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

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

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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