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billyboys

billyboys is the plural of billyboy.

Meaning of billyboy

Noun

billyboy (plural billyboys)

  1. (UK, historical) A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel, used for trade along the east coast.of England in the 19th century.
    • Most of these billyboys were small craft, seldom carrying more than 100 tons; but there were larger craft schooner rigged.1951, Basil Greenhill, The Merchant Schooners, volume 2, page 94

Questions about billyboys

What is billyboys the plural of?
Billyboys is the plural of billyboy.

Words near billyboys in the dictionary

  1. billy-goats
  2. billy-o
  3. billy-oh
  4. Billybob
  5. billyboy
  6. billyboys
  7. billycan
  8. billycans
  9. billycart
  10. billycarts
  11. billycock

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