Derby
Derby noun - A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim.
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Hat
Hat noun - A covering for the head usually having a shaped crown.
Usage example: in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat
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Nearby Word: hatband
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A bowler hat, or derby, is a rounded felt hat commonly worn from the 1850s to the early-to-mid-1900s, especially in Victorian Britain and The Wild West.
Source: Dashingly Dapper Derby -
You know that round, hard hat known as a bowler in England and a derby in the US?
Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY -
Less "evil" and more "annoying and unpleasant", but the Verucca Gnome in Hogfather is described as wearing "the type of hat known in various parts of the multiverse as 'bowler', 'derby' or 'the one that makes you look a bit of a tit'."
Source: Dastardly Dapper Derby
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