From en.wiktionary.org:
[Billy]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en]. Perhaps a variant of [en]. Compare [sco]. Compare also [gml].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A fellow , companion , comrade , mate ; partner , brother .
2. [en] A good friend .
3. * [en]
4. A billy goat .
5. * 1970 August, Valerius Geist, _Mountain Goat Mysteries_ , _吴语: Field & Stream_ , |billies%22+-inauthor:%22billy%22&hl=en&ei=SdvlTv3zIrGtiQekz8i2BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22billies%22%20-intitle%3A%22billy | billies%22%20-inauthor%3A%22billy%22&f=false page 62 (see http://books.google.com/books?id=EmQPCdT71LAC&pg=PA62&dq=%22billies%22+-intitle:%22billy) ,
6. *: Then, during three days, I was amazed to see nannies with kids attack and chase off large BILLIES .
7. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1992 | author=Dwight R. Schuh | chapter=Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) | title=Bowhunter's Encyclopedia | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=_0CLP-NbOXgC&pg=PA276&dq=%22billies%22+-intitle:%22billy%7Cbillies%22+-inauthor:%22billy%22&hl=en&ei=VODlTrqLBo6tiQeOz-i1BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22billies%22%20-intitle%3A%22billy%7Cbillies%22%20-inauthor%3A%22billy%22&f=false | page=276
|passage=In fact, distinguishing between BILLIES and nannies isn't necessarily
a sure thing.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] A silk handkerchief . < !--Hotten's Slang Dictionary-->
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1859 | author=Ducange Anglicus | title=The Vulgar Tongue | page=54
|passage=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 [...]}}
***** Derived terms
[en]
*** Etymology 2
[en], but probably extracted from [sco], perhaps originally from the name
[en], a diminutive of [en].
The _condom_ sense from the [E-Rotic] song _Willy, Use a Billy... Boy_,
referring in turn to Billy Boy, a German brand of condoms.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A highwayman 's club , billy club .
2. A slub bing or roving machine . < !--Webster 1913-->
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1840 | title=The Citizen | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=rC8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA347&dq=%22billies%22+-intitle:%22billy%7Cbillies%22+-inauthor:%22billy%22&hl=en&ei=ngTmTojVKMaTiAfcv6G2BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22billies%22%20-intitle%3A%22billy%7Cbillies%22%20-inauthor%3A%22billy%22&f=false | page=347
|passage=[...]at the time there existed in Dublin and its immediate
neighbourhood, “forty-five manufacturers, having twenty-two BILLIES, giving
employment to 2885 work people, on whom depended for support 7386 individuals,
manufacturing 29,312 pieces of cloth, of various qualities, valued at
£336,380.”}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan ; a billypot .
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1889 | author=Ernest Giles | title=Australia Twice Traversed | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=bl8cItSP_-QC&pg=PA239&dq=%22billies%22+-intitle:%22billy%7Cbillies%22+-inauthor:%22billy%22&hl=en&ei=JP3lTsqUO4SciQe50Zm2BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22billies%22%20-intitle%3A%22billy%7Cbillies%22%20-inauthor%3A%22billy%22&f=false | page=239 | year_published=2004
|passage=We had been absent from civilisation, so long, that our tin BILLIES,
the only boiling utensils we had, got completely worn or burnt out at the
bottoms, and as the boilings for glue and oil must still go on, what were we
to do with BILLIES with no bottoms?}}
1. * [en]
2. * [Loyalty]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Rod Moss | title=The Hard Light of Day: An Artist's Story of Friendships in Arrernte Country | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=OS03Q_Xt4BYC&pg=PT8&dq=%22billies%22+-intitle:%22billy%7Cbillies%22+-inauthor:%22billy%22&hl=en&ei=JP3lTsqUO4SciQe50Zm2BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22billies%22%20-intitle%3A%22billy%7Cbillies%22%20-inauthor%3A%22billy%22&f=false | page=unnumbered
|passage=Over the fence, in a shallow gully 100 metres away, this guy and his
wife were living on the dirt in the open weather with just a blanket, BILLIES,
a dog and a transistor radio. They didn't even have water.}}
1. [en] A bong for smoking marijuana .
2. [en] A condom .
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |billy bread |billycan,billy-can |billy cart |billyful |billy lid
|billy tin |billy tea |Christmas billy }}
***** Translations
[A billycan, a small pot for heating water over a fire]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- [R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987]
- Sceilig: Information Pack for Troops (see https://web.archive.org/web/20110721122100/http://www.arklowseascouts.ie/jam08/infopack.pdf) (p. 4)
- The Patrol goes to Camp (see http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/PatrolCamp.pdf) (pp. 9, 11).
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