trilby
- noun
- /ˈtrɪlbi/
- We also have really cute trilbies from Primark as well.
- trilby hat
- leather trilby
We also have really cute trilbies from Primark as well.
- We also have really cute trilbies from Primark as well.
Examples
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I started with a fedora (the US equivalent of a trilby), saved up for a Panama, and went on to Borsalinos, Greek sailor caps, you name it.
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Mind you, if I think back to the early '60s, I remember that stingy-brim trilbys were very fashionable among young British mods, especially when worn with the old Crombie overcoat and Tonik suit.
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A trilby has a thinner brim than a fedora.
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Folding our anonymous paragraphs, we deposited them in Dave Wolfe's soft felt trilby.
Fiction book (2001) -
"You know there's only one enemy in these mountains," said Alabama over his shoulder, his face shielded from the overhead sun by the brim of his snakeskin-rimmed, black leather Trilby hat.
Fiction book (1990) -
The British stood tall in their trilby or bowler hats and discussed the weather.
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Now the weather is changing, and Smithy feels cold in his hospital trilby, open down the back.
Synonyms
A hat made from soft wool with a crease in the top
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word trilby comes from the name of a character, Trilby, in an 1894 novel; the small hat worn in the stage show became famous and people began to call that style a 'trilby'. So today a trilby is a soft felt hat with a narrow brim and a deeply indented crown.