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billy pot

billy pot is the alternative form of billypot.

Meaning of billypot

Noun

billypot (plural billypots)

  1. (Scotland) A cooking pot.
    • “What did she boil it in, Willie doo, Willie doo?”
      “She boild it in the billy-pot; die shall I now!”c. 1882-1898, Francis James Child, Child's Collected Ballads, 12: Lord Randall
  2. (Australia) A billycan used to boil tea.

Forms of billy pot

pluralbilly pots

Questions about billy pot

What is billy pot the alternative form of?
Billy pot is the alternative form of billypot.

Words near billy pot in the dictionary

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  4. Billy Jean
  5. Billy no mates
  6. billy pot
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  9. Billy the Kid
  10. billy tin
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