billy
[bil-ee]
noun, plural bil·lies.
Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
Scot. Dialect. comrade.
Also called bil·ly·can [bil-ee-kan] /ˈbɪl iˌkæn/. Australian. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.
Origin of billy
perhaps all independently derived generic uses of Billy (male name); for Australian sense compare Scots dialect billy-pot cooking pot
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billy
1noun plural -lies
Word Origin for billy
C19: special use of the name Billy, pet form of William
billy
2billycan (ˈbɪlɪˌkæn)
noun plural -lies or -lycans
Word Origin for billy
C19: from Scot billypot cooking vessel
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