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billy-goat

billy-goat is the alternative spelling of billy goat.

Meaning of billy goat

Noun

billy goat (plural billy goats)

  1. (childish) A male goat.
    • There were once upon a time three Billy-goats, who were going up into the hills to get fat.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 141
    Synonyms:
    billy, buck, he-goat, puckaun

Forms of billy-goat

pluralbilly-goats

Questions about billy-goat

What is billy-goat the alternative spelling of?
Billy-goat is the alternative spelling of billy goat.

Words near billy-goat in the dictionary

  1. Billy-be-damned
  2. billy-can
  3. billy-cans
  4. billy-cock
  5. billy-cocks
  6. billy-goat
  7. billy-goats
  8. billy-o
  9. billy-oh
  10. Billybob
  11. billyboy

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