silly billy
noun
a clownish person.
Origin of silly billy
1First recorded in 1840–50
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How to use silly billy in a sentence
For the moment silly billy expected to find himself on the floor, but not an eyelash quivered.
Scarlet and Hyssop | E. F. Bensonsilly billy smelt that faulty grindstone; and I can't smell a rat a yard from my nose, it seems.
Put Yourself in His Place | Charles Reade"This is the photograph of her which you smashed up after the silly billy scandal," she said.
Scarlet and Hyssop | E. F. BensonRaikes says of him: "He was not a man of talent, as may be inferred from his nickname of silly billy."
The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick | Charles Bradlaugh
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