noun
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Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023
The Cubs would go on to end a 108-year championship drought — and finally broke what some believed was a curse brought on by a Chicago tavern owner’s pet billy goat.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
It’s basically Watergate, “but if Nixon had been kicked in the head by a billy goat, and if that billy goat was the White House chief of staff”, he said on Last Week Tonight.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2019
A billy goat marched alongside, wearing a sign that read, “We’ve Got The Kaiser’s Goat.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2019
Brevis expected the billy goat to bolt for the woods or down one of the roads, but it stayed where it was, as if frozen into position.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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