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billyhood

billyhood noun: brotherhood.

Noun

billyhood (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Brotherhood.
    • Any man will stand py me when I am in te right, put wit a phrother I must always pe in te right.” “Od, man,” quo' I, “that's a stretch of billyhood that I was never up to afore.1818, James Hogg, Continuation of The brownie of Bodsbeck. The wool-gatherer. The hunt of Eildon, page 31
    • 8. A brother ; hence Billyhood1912, John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, page 45

Questions about billyhood

What does billyhood mean?
Billyhood means brotherhood.
What part of speech is billyhood?
Billyhood is a noun.

Words near billyhood in the dictionary

  1. billygoat plums
  2. billygoat weed
  3. billygoat-weed
  4. billygoats
  5. billygoatweed
  6. billyhood
  7. Billyish
  8. Billyjean
  9. billyo
  10. billypot
  11. billypots

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