TRILBY


Meaning of TRILBY in English

/ ˈtrɪlbi; NAmE / noun

( pl. -ies ) ( especially BrE ) a man's soft hat with a narrow brim and the top part pushed in from front to back

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WORD ORIGIN

late 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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