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Billy Bunter

Billy Bunter proper noun: a fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.

Proper noun

Billy Bunter

  1. A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.
    • He looked up through his thick Billy Bunter spectacles and seeing a young man standing behind Laura handed him his empty plate […]1989, Piers Paul Read, A Season in the West
    • Actually he wasn't too bad except he had a green army style hat on, which made him look completely ridiculous; a bit like Billy Bunter in the army.2005, Jon Carter, South American Detox

Noun

Billy Bunter (plural Billy Bunters)

  1. (UK) A fat boy.
  2. (Cockney, slang) A punter (in a betting shop etc.).

Forms of Billy Bunter

pluralBilly Bunters

Questions about Billy Bunter

What does Billy Bunter mean?
Billy Bunter means a fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.
What part of speech is Billy Bunter?
Billy Bunter can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Billy Bunter in the dictionary

  1. Billy Big Bollocks
  2. Billy Bob
  3. Billy bollocks
  4. Billy Boy
  5. Billy Boys
  6. Billy Bunter
  7. Billy Bunters
  8. billy buttons
  9. billy can
  10. billy cart
  11. billy carts

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