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derby

[ UK /dˈɑːbi/ ]
[ US /ˈdɝbi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

How To Use derby In A Sentence

  • Everyone needed time to take stock after the most prestigious solo race had turned into a demolition derby. Times, Sunday Times
  • A major study to test the viability of reinstating the missing rail link between Manchester and Derby is to start soon.
  • Every south coast derby is important but because of the club's position, stage of the season, and what's at stake the magnitude of this fixture has trebled tenfold.
  • The Heskeths were on intimate terms with Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, whose country seat was Knowsley Hall (six miles east of Liverpool).
  • The Derby winner Generous will be put to stud in Britain at the end of the season.
  • But a second Derby still eluded him. Times, Sunday Times
  • _Mary Bosvile_, the second daughter and coheir, married Richard Burdett, of Derby, living Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850
  • Ordered by Sennett to come up with a more workable screen image, Chaplin improvised an outfit consisting of a too-small coat, too-large pants, floppy shoes, and a battered derby. Five People Born on April 16 | myFiveBest
  • Still in the end around 16,000 fans went home fed up after a damp squib of a derby that was supposed to be full of fireworks. The Sun
  • Derby is often viewed as a dilettante leader who would rather have been racing his horses at Newmarket than taking part in debates at Westminster.
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