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billygoat

billygoat 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 billygoat

pluralbillygoats

Words formed from billygoat

Phrases with billygoat

Questions about billygoat

What is billygoat the alternative spelling of?
Billygoat is the alternative spelling of billy goat.

Words near billygoat in the dictionary

  1. billycocks
  2. Billyeald
  3. billyful
  4. billyfuls
  5. Billygate
  6. billygoat
  7. billygoat plum
  8. billygoat plums
  9. billygoat weed
  10. billygoat-weed
  11. billygoats

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