BILLY Definition & Meaning

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billy

[ bil-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural billies.

Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
Scot. Dialect. comrade.
Also called ��·��·�� [bil, -ee-kan]. Australian. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.

Billy

[ bil-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a first name, often a form of William.

billy

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

a wooden club esp a police officer's truncheon

billy

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪˌkæn; ˈ��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

a metal can or pot for boiling water, etc, over a campfire
( as modifier )
billy-tea
informal.
to make tea

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of billy¹

Perhaps all independently derived generic uses of Billy (male name); for Australian sense compare Scots dialect billy-pot cooking pot

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of billy¹

C19: special use of the name Billy , pet form of William

Origin of billy²

C19: from Scot billypot cooking vessel

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“There was a handful of cops on the other side with billy clubs. And when they came over that fence, they met them with a couple whacks to the head and dragged them off.”

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Then, police officers attacked protesters with billy clubs, dragging them out of Grant Park in a show of bloody force.

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“They were praying when the billy clubs struck.”

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He called California’s billy club ban “a very vague and nebulous law that has been abused for decades in California.”

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Weapons such as billy clubs have been outlawed in some form or other in California since at least 1917, with exceptions for law enforcement officers and some state-licensed security guards, the Times said.

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