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Meaning of "blue billy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLUE BILLY

Probably from the name Billy.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE BILLY

blue billy play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE BILLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blue billy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE BILLY

blue asbestos
blue baby
blue bag
blue beret
blue blood
blue box
Blue Boy
blue buck
blue cattle dog
blue cheese
blue chip
blue cod
blue devils
blue disease
Blue Dog Democrat
blue duck
Blue Ensign
Blue Flag
blue fox
blue funk

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE BILLY

Bareilly
billy
Caerphilly
Chantilly
chilly
dilly
filly
frilly
gilly
hillbilly
hilly
Piccadilly
psychobilly
rockabilly
silly
silly-billy
Tilly
tranquilly
twilly
willy

Synonyms and antonyms of blue billy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blue billy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE BILLY

Find out the translation of blue billy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blue billy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blue billy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓝比利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

azul billy
570 millions of speakers

English

blue billy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीले बिली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بيلي الأزرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синий Билли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

azul billy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল বিলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

billy bleu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Biru billy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blau billy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

青ビリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블루 빌리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biru billy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

billy xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீல பில்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळा बिली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mavi billy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blu billy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blue cap
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синій Біллі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albastru billy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μπλε billy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Blou Billy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

blå billy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blå billy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue billy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE BILLY»

The term «blue billy» is normally little used and occupies the 142.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE BILLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blue billy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blue billy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blue billy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE BILLY»

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One Acts of Note 2008
Who the hell called him BEN Blue? BILLY: I did. I thought he was dead. JOHN: Bennie Blue? BILLY: Ben Blue. Yeah, I heard he was dead. JOHN: Dead? BILLY: What, you got a hearin' problem? That's what I'm sayin'. I heard he was dead.
James Damone, 2009
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Western Romance: the Ultimate Outlaw: Love Is the Ultimate ...
... blame her. He heard the gunshot inside, Blue flinched and called out for Jesse. She began to fight Doc to get to her husband, doc wondered how she managed the strength, nevertheless, he was able to hold on to her. "Shh, Blue, Billy's ...
Britny Coker, Hana Rass, 2010
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The Mulligan
When he turned, Blue Billy stood only a few feet from him. Blue Billy, the nasty- tempered jughead blue roan, was looking at him from between the top two planks of the fence that was separating them. Blue Billy—“The Horse That Ain't Never ...
Nathan Jorgenson, 2007
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Miss Billy's Decision
I was scared blue, Billy, with jealousy of—Arkwright." Billy laughed gayly—but she shifted her position and did not meet her lover's eyes. "Arkwright? Nonsense! " she cried. "Why, he's going to marry Alice Greggory. I know he is! I can see it as  ...
Eleanor H. Porter, 2012
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Joy of the Birds
One dangled a big heart with a flawless cabochon, also blue. Billy gazed covetously as Harry and Wayne Whitehill and Charley Stevens approached with tagalong, tubby, eight year old Louie Abraham. Chauncey Truesdell boasted, " Henry's ...
Gale Cooper, 2008
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Paper Cut: An Exploration Into the Contemporary World of ...
An Exploration Into the Contemporary World of Papercraft Art and Illustration Owen Gildersleeve. Billy Blue Billy Blue College of Design in Sydney asked Motherbird to create a campaign to announce the launch of their new Melbourne campus ...
Owen Gildersleeve, 2014
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The Three Bully Goats Griff
Here's one for Little Boy Blue. BILLY: I've heard of him. A jazz musician. Plays a mean horn. CARRIE: A musician? It figures. Look at this address — "under the haystack, fast asleep." I'm supposed to find a sleeping saxophonist under a ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Other C.19 styles and fancies in handkerchiefs—several of the terms survive— were the BELCHER; BIRD'S-EYEWIPE; BLOOD- RED FANCY; BLUE BILLY; CREAM FANCY; KINGSMAN; RANDAL'S-MAN; WATERMAN; YELLOW FANCY;  ...
Eric Partridge, 2003
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
as the sailors call them, which were the Blue Billy (Prion turtur). 1915 Davis, J.K. in Mawson, Sir Douglas The home ofthe blizzard. Being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914 William Heinemann, London, vol 2 : 34.
Bernadette Hince, 2000
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Environmental Geotechnics
Other old disused culverts and underground pipelines contain highly toxic residues (e.g. Blue Billy, containing cyanide and other contaminants). Much of the Black Country is artificial made-ground, from 1-15m deep, comprising ' Traditional ...
R. W. Sarsby, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE BILLY»

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Willenhall residents vow to take legal action over former gas works
Heavy metals, tars and a gas-manufacturing by-product known as Blue Billy were found in the soil at the former gasworks site. It shut down in ... «expressandstar.com, May 15»
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Government may foot bill in multi-million Willenhall 'contaminated …
Heavy metals, tars and a gas-manufacturing by-product known as Blue Billy were found in the soil at the former gasworks site. It shut down in ... «expressandstar.com, Jan 15»
3
Hail and Farewell, Ctd. (The Final Dispatch)
... the last night, a couple folks from magazines around the country asked why I wasn't wearing red Adidas (I went instead with blue Billy Reid). «D Magazine, May 14»
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VW bringing high-riding T-Roc concept to Geneva
The two-door concept blends short overhangs with a relatively wide track to make it look like a little, blue billy goat ready to head off road. «Autoblog, Feb 14»
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Vaudeville, Revamped: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Is …
But true blue Billy Crystal fans (of which I am one) who have followed him from the Borscht Belt circuit to Saturday Night Live, starring roles in ... «New York Observer, Nov 13»
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Cherokee Indians to give program at Jackson County's Art in Park …
The free concert features Jason Kenney & Leah Calvert, Blue Billy Grit and the East Dixie Boys, the latter a group that was named the 2013 ... «Online Athens, Sep 13»
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Repairs planned at 'dangerous' Darwen reservoir
I once heard that the land around Jacks Key used to be a tip where a cyanide rich waste known as blue billy was dumped. Little wonder that the ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 13»
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Town Mountain teams up with Jim Lauderdale
Saturday's all-day affair features sets from Packway Handle Band, the Bushels, the Empty Bottle String Band, and Blue Billy Grit, among others. «Charleston City Paper, Apr 13»
9
Awendaw turns blue
... Doug Jones, the Bad Popes, Blue Billy Grit, Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, Corduroy Road, Underhill Rose, the Mosier Brothers, and Hit or ... «Charleston City Paper, Apr 12»
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Families fears over polluted gardens
Heavy metals, tar and a gas manufacturing by-product known as Blue Billy have been found about a foot below the surface of the ground. «expressandstar.com, Oct 10»

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