billyo
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of billyo
C19: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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In my local area shops are closing down like billyo.
From The Guardian
Hot soup is sucked up by capillary action and hurts like billyo - you end up doing a little dance of pain, and the language can be frightful.
From BBC
In fact, all over Europe buyers have been bolting like billyo.
From The Guardian
For the wooden fence leading up to the bridge had caught fire, and it was burning like billyo.
From Project Gutenberg
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