Derby

(n.) 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.

(n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

埃莉整理

• From Derby still journeying northward, we passed two months in Cumberland and Westmoreland. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The du Lac Sevres and the Trevenna George II plate were out; so was the van der Luyden Lowestoft (East India Company) and the Dagonet Crown Derby. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In the year 179-, when he was just clear of these incumbrances, he gave the odds of 100 to 1 (in twenties) against Kangaroo, who won the Derby. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Just hold out while I fix the derbies. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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