Meanings
nounbilly-cock (plural billy-cocks)
plural billy-cocks
- alternativeAlternative form of billycock.
Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billy-cock hat.
1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place
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