trilby

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Going out in a red tracksuit, a flapping raincoat and a trilby is not generally recommended, let alone making a spectacle of yourself.

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  1. noun A soft felt hat with a deeply creased crown.

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  • Whoa, Nelly!But getting back to the trilby-resistant boyfriend, I think your Timberlake argument is misguided on several levels, even leaving aside the above.
  • He possessed a pork-pie hat for market and a trilby for church, but, to the murderer, neither the pork-pie nor the trilby seemed quite the thing, as Mr. Cutting was particular in these matters. —  SLEUTH’S ALCHEMY: Cases of Mrs. Bradley and Others - Gladys Mitchell
  • Was her mind really on the sleek-haired hero with his tall wide-ribboned and ridiculous trilby, his over-padded shoulders, whose raucous voice, punctuated with gunshots, filled the room? —  Shroud for a Nightingale
  • Several decent overcoats, a trilby or two, and one bird smartly dressed in a skirt suit of classic career-woman line. —  Paid and Loving Eyes - Lovejoy - Jonathan Gash
  • He was elegant and ponging of scent, outrageously dressed in a pink suit with matching trilby, his jacket slung over his shoulders. —  Jade Woman - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 12
 

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  1. After the novel Trilby by George du Maurier (because such a hat was worn in the original London stage production based on the novel).

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  1. From the name Trilby. See def.
 

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/ˈtrɪlbi/
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