billy
A fellow, companion, comrade, mateA fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
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Значение
значений: 9A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
(Geordie)A good friend.
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.
male goat
A highwayman's club, billy club.
A slubbing or roving machine.
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия)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.
(Австралия, сленг)A bong for smoking marijuana.
(сленг)A condom.
(Британия, устаревшее, сленг)A silk handkerchief.
Примеры
предложений: 123How many billy goats do you have?
Billy is very tall for his age.
Билли очень высокий для своего возраста.
ukБілі дуже високий для свого віку.
deBilly ist sehr groß für sein Alter.
Billy and his father have had nothing to do with each other for nearly twenty years.
Билли и его отец не имели никакой связи около двадцати лет.
Billy's computer is new.
Компьютер Билли новый.
Billy often hits his face against windows.
Происхождение
Of obscure origin. Perhaps a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare ScotsOf 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”).
Uncertain, but probably extracted from Scots billypot (“a type of cooking pot”), perhaps originally from the name Billy, a diminutive of William.
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Формы
мн. число: billiesСинонимы
синонимов: 7- male goat:billy goathe-goat
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