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billman

[ bil-muh n ]

/ ˈbɪl mən /

noun, plural bill·men.

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Origin of billman

First recorded in 1520–30; bill³ + -man

Words nearby billman

billings method, billingsgate, billion, billionaire, billiton, billman, billon, billow, billow cloud, billowy, billposter

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Example sentences from the Web for billman

For Hazel Fredericks had two merely for household purposes and the Billman's house boasted of four and a boy in buttons.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
But neither Billman nor Fredericks had felt obliged to leave the magazine, she learned from Hazel.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
Mrs. Billman, Milly decided, and so confided to her husband, was hard and ambitious socially.
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She had a woman's respect for any institution, and Mrs. Billman had made her feel that Bunker's was a very important institution.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick

Mrs. Bunker and Mrs. Billman, of course, had long since lost sight of Milly in the course of her migrations.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick

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