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bilgy

American  
[bil-jee] / ˈbɪl dʒi /

adjective

Nautical.
bilgier, bilgiest
  1. smelling like bilge water.


Etymology

Origin of bilgy

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells

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 Hubbard, Elbert

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