billy.
A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
Meaning & usage
A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
A good friend.
A billy goat.
A silk handkerchief.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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.
A bong for smoking marijuana.
A condom.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, but probably extracted from Scots billypot (“a type of cooking pot”), perhaps originally from the name Billy, a diminutive of William. The condom sense from the E-Rotic song Willy, Use a Billy... Boy, referring in turn to Billy Boy, a German brand of condoms.
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