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billycocks

billycocks is the plural of billycock.

Meaning of billycock

Noun

billycock (plural billycocks)

  1. (dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
    • a young man with a billycock hat on the back of his head tumbled up the steps in his eagerness.1911, GK Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown

Questions about billycocks

What is billycocks the plural of?
Billycocks is the plural of billycock.

Words near billycocks in the dictionary

  1. billycan
  2. billycans
  3. billycart
  4. billycarts
  5. billycock
  6. billycocks
  7. Billyeald
  8. billyful
  9. billyfuls
  10. Billygate
  11. billygoat

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