·noun A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
II. Derby ·noun 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.
To come down with the derbies; to pay the money. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See Darby House. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) Out of Aldersgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) See Darby St...