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bilgy

American

[bil-jee] / ˈbɪl dʒi /

adjective

Nautical.

bilgier, bilgiest

smelling like bilge water.

Etymology

Origin of bilgy

First recorded in 1875–80; bilge + -y ¹

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Robert Louis arrived "bilgy," as he expressed it, but alive.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard

Such a bilgy name, too—Clairloch—like a fellah with phlegm in his throat, wot?

From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams

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