billycock

American  

[bil-ee-kok] / ˈbɪl iˌkɒk /

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

1. a derby or a hat resembling it.

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billycock British  

/ ˈbɪlɪkɒk /

noun

1. rare any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler

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Etymology

Origin of billycock

1715–25; alteration of bullycocked ( hat ); see bully ¹, cock ² ( def. ), -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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billycock

The battered billycock knew where the policeman was.

From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

On the floor of the sitting-room lay a various assortment of coats, waistcoats, trowsers, great-coats, billycock hats and sou'-westers, together with countless shirts and collars, scarfs and handkerchiefs.

From Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Sir Hall Caine

The price of a glass, and billycock would have been there too.

From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

When he whistled it came running up to him with something in its mouth--a brown billycock hat.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Richard Marsh

I had noted the hats of that elect assemblage, and there had not been a billycock among them.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

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