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billy goat

American  

noun

  1. a male goat.

  2. Informal. goat.


billy goat British  

noun

  1. a male goat Compare nanny goat

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David, Gary McCord�s facial hair is starting to resemble a Billy goat on steroids.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anne Quinn Ulseth Minneapolis The politicians may dub it Billygate, but poor Jimmy ends up being the Billy goat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wait a minute Mr. Pride, here's a Billy goat I bet can lick your dog.

From Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat by Fry, W. H.

Can't you picture the surprise on their faces when they looked down the well and discovered a big Billy goat as well as the dog and cat they had followed?

From Billy Whiskers' Adventures by Hawthorne, Paul

Without saying anything to his family, he appeared one evening leading a nice, docile looking, long-bearded Billy goat, hitched to a beautiful new red wagon.

From Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat by Fry, W. H.