10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKE BILLYO»
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
27th July 2003 billyo noun ▻ like billyo at great speed uk, 188S • YOU run like
billiO— Michael Holt Doctor Who, p. §58, 1986 • I ran all the way home, like the
billyo— Kathy lette. Girls' Night Out. p. 107, 1987 • Pete Philpott, Stan Jurd, Ash
and ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
... like to go to. It was originally a euphemism for the devil or hell when used in
certain phrases. To run like billyo is to run like the devil, to go to billyo is to go to
hell and if it is off to billyo it is far away. bingle A minor car accident, usually with ...
Billyo: Euphemism for 'buggery', as in 'go to billyo', 'she laughed like billyo'; '
scared me to billyo'. Also 'billyoh', 'billy-oh'. Bindi; bindie-eye; bindii: A sharp burr
found in grass. Binjy: Abdomen, from Dharrug Aboriginal bindhi; also 'bingy'.
"Only that they stick like billyo." "I suppose more about them is known than that?" "
I suppose so. By people who have made a specialty of them. For one who has
preferred to amass general knowledge rather than to specialize, it is considered ...
Alan Alexander Milne, 1926
Or a man abandoned? 'Don't know what they are. But they grow like billyo.' He
regards the nasturtiums fondly and leans huffingand puffing topick upapink
plastic wateringcan, discarded by the children inthe longgrass. 'Grow like billyo
theydo.
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Sincethe 1970s. Originally the Old Bill. billyo, like with great vigour or speed, as
in it rained like billyo all day. Since the mid19th century. bimbo 1a fellow,achap;
astupid youngman. Adopted from the USA around 1938. From the Italian
bambino, ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Aussie Slang Dictionary
Like a sTunned muIIeT: asfounded; immobilised by surprise. Like a Two-bob
waTch: crazy; erraTic. Refers To a cheap Time piece in The old currency. Like
billyo: energefically; wiTh greaT gusfo. Like puTTing marshmallow inTo a money
box: ...
The opportunity came sooner than expected; torrential rain was flooding the
roads, thunder was crashing like billyo and lightening was streaking across the
sky with vengeance. Thunderstorms had never bothered me but I knew a little
man ...
Needless to say our boys were on to it and blazed away like billyo, flattening
them in a second. This setback brought a pause in proceedings whilst Jerry had
another think. A silence gathered on the hilltop, like when you're watching a stick
...
... and did to him. Don't think I worked all this out on the spot because I didn't. It
took a lot of thinking about it later and, at the time I was listening from in the
bushes, my heart was pounding like billyo for Mattress who was in the deepest of
deep ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKE BILLYO»
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An enduring love affair: couple celebrate 70 years of marriage
We argue like billyo but we always clear the air and have a good laugh afterwards.” When asked what gift Peter would be buying Gina, Peter ... «Macclesfield Express, Jul 15»
Ashes 2015: Stuart Broad on why sledging is not going to beat …
Australia, in other words, will sledge like billyo and England, themselves no slouches in this regard in recent incarnations, will feel emboldened ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Jim Armitage: Don't bank on the London property market reviving …
Little wonder, then, that Foxtons is still opening stores like billyo across the capital. However, just don't expect the homes in its windows to ... «Evening Standard, Jan 15»
Simple Minds looking forward to North East double date
“We write the best songs we can, we jump on stage and play them like billyo and take them around the world. We've been doing that since we ... «The Journal, Jul 14»
Sharp focus drives big rise in car sales
He said that sales of new cars are doing well and those of older used vehicles are "going like billyo". But he said selling used cars less than a ... «Herald Scotland, May 14»
Pardew Must Go For The Sake of The Club And In His Own Interests
1) We are shipping goals like billyo and not scoring any. This is because we have at least two defenders who are quite poor, and do not have a ... «The Mag, Apr 14»
Snow Leopard is feeding: Riot bump up minimum specs for League …
It's a game that runs like billyo not just on your big, upright rig, but also on your two-year-old laptop packed with integrated rubbish. «PCGamesN, Apr 14»
The perfect spot . . .
It looks kinda cute but seeds like billyo, so once you have one, you'll have lots and find it hard to eradicate. The flowers are weird, looking like a ... «Taranaki Daily News, Jan 14»
EA bow out of the football management genre: "One game has …
There are two countries in which football management games bewilder the rest of the globe by selling like billyo: England and Germany. It's the ... «PCGamesN, Nov 13»
Vine dining for the birds
Have it horizontal and it will flower like billyo. Our plant at home is probably three metres high by four metres wide and has a thousand flowers ... «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 13»
