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Definition of trilby noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trilby

noun
 
/ˈtrɪlbi/
 
/ˈtrɪlbi/
(plural trilbies)
(especially British English)
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  1. a man’s soft hat with a narrow brim and the top part pushed in from front to backTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the name of the heroine in G. du Maurier's novel Trilby (1894), in the stage version of which such a hat was worn.
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