Derby
A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
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Derby Quotations
I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
Charlie Chaplin
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
Charlie Chaplin
I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here.
Richard H. Davis
Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.
Paul Ince
If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.
Bill Shoemaker
Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much.
Daniel S. Greenberg
Derby Translations
derby in Swedish is derby, plommonstop
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