I was going to say that they may be followed by men in large trilbies and long black leather overcoats.
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Trilbywas incorporated as a town in 1901 and again in 1913.
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He also has a browntrilbyhat and a tweed coat.
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She began wearing a white suit and atrilbyhat, which was removed by one of her dancers.
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Straw hats vary in style from region to region although regional differences are now becoming less common as the straw version of thetrilbytakes over.
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