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Meanings of black derby in English

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Usage of black derby in English
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A small man with a tilted black derby came from the darkened auditorium.
The Happy End
2
Beside him lay the Prince's crown, a small black derby hat.
Long Live the King!
3
What would you say if you saw one in spats and a black derby?
The Drums of Jeopardy
4
Mr. Recreant was tall and thin, dressed rather fussily in pinstriped robes and a black derby.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
5
Cities were sort of black then, in film; black cars in the streets, black derby hats.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
6
Against the chill fog he wore a dark overcoat, with silk facings, and a black derby hat.
Frontier Boys in Frisco
7
The cornet wears a wooden gag in its mouth and a battered black derby hangs over its end.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
8
Joint Master Kathy Wall, wearing a black derby hat, is all smiles after the run with her horse.
Reuters
9
Chuckling like a boy rummaging a jam closet, he rifled the shelves and pulled down a black derby of an unknown vintage.
The Drums of Jeopardy
10
Just as Michael had his famous single glove, the black derby, cane and gold-plated microphone he used when he performed his classic, Mr.
Ebony
11
The young man, who, Hugh had been told, worked in a bank, wore stiff white collars, a black suit and a black derby hat.
Poor White: A Novel
12
He was very red-faced, smooth shaven, with a black derby hat pulled down over his eyes and wearing a somewhat faded tight-fitting brown suit.
Twelve Men
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Not one of these sleuths in a black derby and false mustache you see in the movies, but a gentleman and a man of education.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
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He carried an ebony cane for which I mentally substituted a crop, and his black derby hat I thought hardly as suitable as a sombrero.
Bat Wing
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His rusty black derby sat on the back of his head: his white piqué tie had slipped away from a bright brass collar button....
Stubble
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And a black Derby hat-orpossibly a brown one.
Under the Skylights
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