trilby
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈtɹɪlbi/
Definition of trilby
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.””
“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.”
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Etymology
From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier's novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn.
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