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billy

noun
/ˈbɪli/

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably extracted from Scots billypot (“a type of cooking pot”), perhaps originally from the name Billy, a diminutive of William. The condom sense from the E-Rotic song Willy, Use a Billy... Boy, referring in turn to Billy Boy, a German brand of condoms.

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. formed as billy — “Bill + -y”

Definitions

  1. A fellow, companion, comrade, mate

    A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.

  2. A good friend.

    • Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea!

  3. A billy goat.

    • 1970 August, Valerius Geist, Mountain Goat Mysteries, Field & Stream, page 62, Then, during three days, I was amazed to see nannies with kids attack and chase off large billies.
    • In fact, distinguishing between billies and nannies isn't necessarily a sure thing.
    • It isn't just billies that enter the bleak season with rut-depleted fat reserves, but rams, bull elk, buck deer, and others.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A silk handkerchief.

      • All fighting coves you too must know, / Ben Caunt as well as Bendigo, / And to each mill be sure to go, / […] And you must sport a blue billy, / Or a yellow wipe […]

    2. A highwayman's club, billy club.

    3. A slubbing or roving machine.

      • On the second floor there were 2 billies, 1 carding and 1 scribbling machine.

    4. A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire

      A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.

      • Let's get the billy and cook some beans.
      • Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong, Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, 'Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda, with me.'

    5. A bong for smoking marijuana.

    6. A condom.

    7. A diminutive of the male given name William.

      • “By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”.

    8. The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25…

      The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell.

      • Just then a squadron of "Billys" -- twin-engined B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers -- flew overhead ….

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA