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Added 9 October 2026

billy

/ˈbɪli/ noun

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A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
A good friend.
A billy goat.

noun

A highwayman's club, billy club.
A slubbing or roving machine.
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.

Origin

Of obscure origin. Perhaps a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare Scots billie (“a comrade; companion”). Compare also Middle Low German billig (“equitable, reasonable, lawful, fitting, according to natural law, just”).

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