billy
IPA: bˈɪɫi
noun
- A billy club.
- A billy goat.
- A male goat; a ram.
- (Tyneside) A good friend.
- (slang) A condom.
- A slubbing or roving machine.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A silk handkerchief.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
- (Australia, slang) A bong for smoking marijuana.
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- (US, nickname) 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.
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Examples of "billy" in Sentences
- Once again, Billy begins to stammer in rage.
- Billy endures a visit from his flighty mother.
- Meanwhile, Billy helps the landlady with the chores.
- Billy, the puppet, is an icon of the Jigsaw character.
- Another member of the ensemble was the pianist Billy Mayerl.
- After the breakup, Billy was given the new gimmick of Rockabilly.
- A notable combatant on the side of the ranchers was Billy the Kid.
- Billy was in Berlin for the celebration of the unification of Germany.
- Billy Clanton was killed in the shootout at the Corral, not the day before.
- Billy and his friends are in awe of the flashy mobsters in the neighborhood.
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