We were told earlier today that firefighters are cutting what they call billy goat lines. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2009] Reference
Course in billy's case, he probably ENJOYS exposin 'himself!!. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday blues] Reference
They'd left me the plum-duff, which was hanging in its billy from a bough. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
I should, perhaps, explain to English readers that a billy is a tin can, the name for which. From Wordnik.com. [Erewhon Revisited] Reference
Redmond sprang forward, grasping a small, shot-loaded police "billy," but. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
A good, substantial "billy", covered with black leather and weighted with lead. From Wordnik.com. [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference
"The fish is just about cooked," announced Fred Elliot, peering into the big "billy" slung over their camp fire. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
OMG, does "billy" want a nuclear powered car, now?. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
"A billy is a large cross-handled saucepan to boil water in and make our tea. From Wordnik.com. [First in the Field A Story of New South Wales] Reference
The fresh-water stream will give water for the "billy" tea and for the horses to drink. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps At Many Lands: Australia] Reference
After some difficulty we managed to gather twigs from the tree sufficient to make a "billy" of tea. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
In the middle of the road was an M.P., who stood with his legs wide apart, waving his "billy" languidly. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
Mebbe you want to write billy-doos to Mrs. Hilliard. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Lewis felt a billy club across the left side of his skull. From Wordnik.com. [A Storm In The Streets] Reference
Josh is right whin he calls him a human billy goat, so he is. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
Police officer held out a billy club, said, no, you're not going to enter. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Norris On Race, And 'The Grace Of Silence'] Reference
From watching that it took me back to those waterhoses and the billy clubs. From Wordnik.com. [Mavis Staples CD Celebrates Civil Rights] Reference
Moral suasion tends to supersede the birch stick and the policeman's billy. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
And my father made some gesture to move the billy club aside, to swat it aside. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Norris On Race, And 'The Grace Of Silence'] Reference
But as they laughed a showman slipped inside, armed with a policeman's "billy.". From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
The jail says it's better than using bullets and billy clubs to put down an inmate riot. From Wordnik.com. [Zapping Inmates To Control Them: Harmless Or Torture?] Reference
Up until about a year ago the main commodity there was hill-billy music and a lot of noise on. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
"That's a nice billy dux to find beside your plate at breakfast, ain't it now?" demanded Grogan. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
To these I added a billy of water from the creek, and stirred the lot together with a big stick. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
Ye're aye saying them that come unsent for should sit unserved; but wha sent for this billy oot o '. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
This ineffective-looking hill-billy has possibly read a thousand minds since you dragged him in here. From Wordnik.com. [Tinker's Dam] Reference
Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes without cooking utensils other than the regulation billy. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
"March!" and he gave the wretched Hapgood a smart tap with his improvised billy that sent him on several paces. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Mr. Mullins: As Mr. Davidson said, I come from a little hill-billy section up in Kentucky known as Renfro Valley. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
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