derby
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈdɜrbi/
- US
:
bombín
- Two old-timers dressed in pinstriped shirts and derby hats stand near the targets, ready to tally scores on a marker board.
- derby hat
He says he wore a Derby hat and a black overcoat buttoned across the chest.
- He says he wore a Derby hat and a black overcoat buttoned across the chest.
Examples
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There's a brown derby that goes with it.
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The lawyer was a natty little fellow in a derby and velvet-collared overcoat.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lunch on Friday at the Brown Derby.
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- Would you care to wear my derby?
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"Paul drew the new derby from its round box.
Fiction book (1993) -
I guess there are a lot of Derby hats, but it's OK.
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Wore spats and a derby all the time.
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Conor turns on the little blinking lights in his derby hat, and the girl smiles.
Fiction book (1995) -
A black derby hat was perched atop a large pale lump he assumed was its head.
Fiction book (1999) -
He tipped his derby hat politely as he entered the room.
Synonyms
8
6.7
A hard round hat with a narrow brim worn by men
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5.1
A hard round hat with a small brim worn by men
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6.3
A hard felt hat with a rounded crown and a narrow brim often worn by men
Compounds
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3.7
A famous horse race that takes place every year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Derby for the hat comes from the Earl of Derby, whose riding staff needed a low, hard hat for horse work, so hat-makers made a rounded, tough hat that people called the derby or bowler. So today a derby is a hard, round felt hat with a narrow brim.