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In George Du Maurier's novel, Trilby is an artist's model who falls under the spell of the hypnotist Svengali. In the stage version of the book, the character Trilby wore a soft felt hat with an indented top, and the style soon became fashionable. The novel also dwells on the erotic qualities of Trilby's feet, and for a while in the early 20th century trilbies was a slang term for "feet."
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