单词 | billy |
释义 | billy /bil"ee/, n. , pl. billies. 1. Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton. 2. a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel. 3. Scot. Dial. comrade. 4. Also called billycan /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. 5. Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine. [perh. all independently derived generic uses of BILLY (male name); for Australian sense cf. Scots dial. billy-pot cooking pot] |
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