Meanings
nounbillyhood (uncountable)
- obsoleteslanguncountableBrotherhood.
8. A brother ; hence Billyhood
1912, John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, page 451 more example
Any man will stand py me when I am in te right, put wit a phrother I must always pe in te right.” “Od, man,” quo' I, “that's a stretch of billyhood that I was never up to afore.
1818, James Hogg, Continuation of The brownie of Bodsbeck. The wool-gatherer. The hunt of Eildon, page 31
Cite this entry
APA
billyhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billyhood
MLA
“billyhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billyhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “billyhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billyhood.
Source: billyhood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.