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Definition of Derbies
1. derby [n] - See also: derby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derbies
Literary usage of Derbies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1905)
"... cheer of delight from the assembly, he remarked, ' I have always noticed that
when Radical comes first, Havoc is invariably second. SENSATIONAL derbies. ..."
2. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The greatest number of derbies ever captured by any one jockey was by ...
Xo jockey has ever won more than two derbies in succession. ..."
3. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The greatest number of derbies ever captured by any one jockey was by Robinson,
in 1817, ... No jockey has ever won more than two derbies in succession. ..."
4. Accounting Practice: A Comprehensive Statement of Accounting Principles and by Leo Greendlinger, John William Schulze (1914)
"$300.00 Turner Brothers, Trenton, NJ—men's derbies 45.00 " felts 30.00 ...
men's derbies 350.00 " felts.. 300.00 These transactions are entered in the sales ..."
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