billycock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of billycock
1715–25; alteration of bullycocked ( hat ); see bully 1, cock 2 ( def. ), -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"I don't know what he looks like now in that greatcoat and billycock hat."
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter
A battered billycock and a rakish pipe looked round the corner, then withdrew.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
Trotter still wore tights, with hobnailed boots to walk in and a rusty billycock hat for shelter to his head.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval
He smoothed his ruffled hair and placed his black billycock upon it.
From The Promise of Air by Blackwood, Algernon
Meeker abandoned the hat for a billycock as the autumn wore on, and the class appeared content; only the Doctor was allowed a high hat.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by King, Charles
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