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  • noun Plural form of trilby.

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Examples

  • There are newsboys, ivy caps, fedoras with varying crowns, Kangols galore and trilbies, which is not only a cool hat, but a cool word, too.

    Latest stories 2010

  • We donned out grubby macs and cheap trilbies and set out to expose the evil doers.

    Chris Atkins: News of the Screwed Chris Atkins 2011

  • He wore an entertaining sequence of titfers that included embroidered skullcaps later adopted by Joe Zawinul, trilbies, bobble hats, berets and even a "coolie hat"; a fashion story that is parallel but separate to that of the sharp-suited stylists on Blue Note.

    Thelonious Monk buys a hat 2011

  • He wore an entertaining sequence of titfers that included embroidered skullcaps later adopted by Joe Zawinul, trilbies, bobble hats, berets and even a "coolie hat"; a fashion story that is parallel but separate to that of the sharp-suited stylists on Blue Note.

    Thelonious Monk buys a hat 2011

  • He wore an entertaining sequence of titfers that included embroidered skullcaps later adopted by Joe Zawinul, trilbies, bobble hats, berets and even a "coolie hat"; a fashion story that is parallel but separate to that of the sharp-suited stylists on Blue Note.

    Thelonious Monk buys a hat 2011

  • Their look influenced mainstream fashion with their skinny jeans, leather jackets and trilbies appearing first on catwalks and then the high street, providing the trendy male uniform in the UK for years.

    Carl Barât: The interview Alice Fisher 2010

  • Feathered fascinators, huge round sinamay disc styles as worn by Zara Philips, and square silk crowns are proving the most sought after, but 1970s floppiness, straw trilbies and cloches are predicted to be an essential companion to casual summerwear thanks to the influence of Sienna Miller and Kate Moss.

    Hats off to Princess Beatrice 2011

  • We donned out grubby macs and cheap trilbies and set out to expose the evil doers.

    Chris Atkins: News of the Screwed Chris Atkins 2011

  • "OMG!" squeals the crowd, a detestable flurry of trilbies and matted hair extensions uniting their collective brain cell to bellow about willies, poos and snot.

    Grace Dent's TV OD: OMG! With Peaches Geldof 2011

  • The setting of Verdi's Prologue is shown by the 1960s trilbies and trenchcoats, while the costumes for the following acts take us into the present.

    'Il Turco' Delights at Garsington Paul Levy 2011

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