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Noun

trilby (plural trilbys or trilbies)

• narrow- brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a “shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back” in comparison to the fedora
  • ✤ “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”¹
  • ✤ Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine.²

Etymology

From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier’s novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɹɪlbi/
• Audio (General American): 🔊

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Footnotes

1. 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled! ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

2. 1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, “The Landlady” ‎${}^{[2]}$, archived from the original on 19 March 2023: ↩