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The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell

Just then a squadron of Billys -- twin-engined B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers -- flew overhead .

A diminutive of the male given name William
shortened form of silly billy

Why did you eat my bacon, you billy?.

A billy goat
A condom (From the E-Rotic song "Willy, Use A Billy...Boy")
a billycan

Let's get the billy and cook some beans.

A tin used by bushmen to boil tea, a billypot
A billy club
A good friend

You Spin me right round! billy boy!.

a diminutive of William
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
A slubbing or roving machine
A condom (From the E-Rotic song "Willy, Use A Billy...Boy")"
A club; esp
male goat
{i} container for boiling water (Australian); metal container for boiling water or cooking outside on a campfire, billycan (UK); policeman's club, nightstick
A billygoat
a policeman's club
A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police. = baton. bil·ly·can billies a pot for cooking or boiling water when you are camping. Billy the Kid Billy Bishop Eckstine Billy Graham Billy Mills Billy Mitchell Billy Strayhorn Billy Sunday Billy Wilder Billy
Billy Bunter
A punter (in a betting shop etc.)
Billy Bunter
A fat boy
Billy Bunter
A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School

Actually he wasn't too bad except he had a green army style hat on, which made him look completely ridiculous; a bit like Billy Bunter in the army.

Billy Bunters
plural form of Billy Bunter
Billy Elliot
A young male dancer, typically a ballet dancer
Billy Elliots
plural form of Billy Elliot
Billy Wix
the barn owl, tyto alba
Billy no mates
An individual who has few or no close friends
billy buttons
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Craspedia (but especially Craspedia globosa), native to Australia, having globes of yellow flowers
billy buttons
The plains plover daisy, Ixiolaena brevicompta, found in floodplains of Queensland and New South Wales; it is poisonous to sheep
billy cart
a rudimentary child's cart, a soapbox car
billy club
A short rounded club used by policemen
billy clubs
plural form of billy club
billy goats
plural form of billy goat
billy-goat
Alternative spelling of billy goat
Billy Bunter
the main character in children's stories by Frank Richards about life in an English public school (=a private school where the students live as well as study) . Bunter loves eating and is always getting into trouble
Billy Eckstine
orig. William Clarence Eckstein born July 8, 1914, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. died March 8, 1993, Pittsburgh U.S. singer and bandleader. Eckstine sang with Earl Hines's big band (1939-43), then formed his own band in 1944. Sympathetic with the new sounds of bebop, Eckstine engaged many of its innovators, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan. Disbanding the group in 1947, he achieved greater popular success as a solo performer, specializing in ballads that featured his deep, resonant baritone. He was one of the greatest interpreters of popular song and blues in jazz
Billy Graham
(born 1918) American Southern Baptist preacher and evangelist, co-founder of the magazine "Christianity Today", producer of television and radio programs related to Christianity
Billy Graham
in full William Franklin Graham, Jr. born Nov. 7, 1918, Charlotte, N.C., U.S. U.S. Christian evangelist. The son of a dairy farmer, he underwent a conversion experience at age 16 during a revival. After attending Bob Jones College and the Florida Bible Institute, he was ordained a Southern Baptist clergyman in 1940. He later earned a degree in anthropology from Wheaton College. He won numerous converts with his tent revivals and radio broadcasts, and by 1950 he had become fundamentalism's leading spokesman. He led a series of widely televised international revival crusades through the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Minneapolis, Minn., and he enjoyed close associations with a series of U.S. presidents. Graham and his wife, Ruth, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1996
Billy Mills
in full William Mervin Mills born June 30, 1938, Pine Ridge, S.D., U.S. U.S. athlete. Part Oglala Sioux, he spent his early years on a reservation in Pine Ridge and was orphaned at age
Billy Mills
At the University of Kansas he excelled in track. He became the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000-m race (1964), in an electrifying upset victory over Australian Ron Clarke. In 1965 he set an outdoor world record in the 6-mi run and U.S. records in the 10,000-m and indoor 3-mi races
Billy Mitchell
orig. William Mitchell born Dec. 29, 1879, Nice, France died Feb. 19, 1936, New York, N.Y., U.S. French-born U.S. aviator. He enlisted in the army and served in the Spanish-American War. He became the top U.S. air commander in World War I, initiating mass-bombing formations and leading an attack involving 1,500 planes. An outspoken advocate of a separate air force, he foresaw the replacement of the battleship by the bomber. When a navy dirigible was lost in a storm (1925), he accused the U.S. war and navy departments of incompetence; charged with insubordination, he was court-martialed and suspended from duty. He resigned in 1926 but continued to champion air power and to warn of advances by foreign air forces. In 1948 he was posthumously honoured by the new U.S. Air Force with a special medal
Billy Strayhorn
orig. William Thomas Strayhorn born Nov. 29, 1915, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. died May 31, 1967, New York, N.Y. U.S. pianist, composer, and arranger. Strayhorn approached jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington with a composition in 1938, and he was soon contributing arrangements and original works to Ellington's band. His "Take the A' Train," recorded in 1941, became the band's theme song. His work so complemented Ellington's that it is often impossible to distinguish their respective contributions. Strayhorn made expressive ballads his specialty and became noted for the structural and harmonic sophistication of pieces such as "Lush Life," "Something to Live For," "Passion Flower," and "Day Dream
Billy Sunday
orig. William Ashley Sunday born Nov. 19, 1862/63, Ames, Iowa, U.S. died Nov. 6, 1935, Chicago, Ill. U.S. religious revivalist. He became a professional baseball player with the Chicago White Sox in 1883 and later played in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Philadelphia. In 1887 he underwent a conversion experience; he began preaching in 1897 and was ordained in the Presbyterian church in 1903. A flamboyant preacher of fundamentalist theology whose sermons reflected the social upheaval caused by the transition from a rural to an urban society, he advocated a strict morality and campaigned effectively for Prohibition. He conducted hundreds of revival meetings and reached an estimated 100 million people. His popularity faded in the 1920s, but he continued preaching until his death
Billy Wilder
and Some Like it Hot (1959) (1906-2002 ) a US film director, who was born in Austria, who made both serious and humorous films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950). orig. Samuel Wilder born June 22, 1906, Sucha, Austria died March 27, 2002, Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S. Austrian-born U.S. film director and screenwriter. Working as a reporter in Vienna and Berlin, he wrote screenplays for German films. He fled Germany in 1933 and arrived in Hollywood a year later. He cowrote screenplays with Charles Brackett and established his reputation as a director with Double Indemnity (1944). Noted for his humorous treatment of controversial subjects and his biting indictments of hypocrisy, he also directed The Lost Weekend (1945, Academy Award), Sunset Boulevard (1950, Academy Award for best screenplay), Stalag 17 (1953), and The Apartment (1960, Academy Award). His acclaimed comedies include Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Billy Wilder
(born 1906) Austrian-born American movie director who directed the movie "Some like It Hot
Billy Yank
A Union soldier during the American Civil War
Billy the Kid
a famous criminal in the southwest US who killed many people and stole cattle until he was finally caught and killed (1859-81). orig. William H. Bonney, Jr., or Henry McCarty born Nov. 23, 1859/60, New York, N.Y., U.S. died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, N.M. U.S. criminal. As a child he migrated with his family to Kansas, then lived in New Mexico from 1868. His career of lawlessness throughout the Southwest began early; by the time he was captured by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1880 he had allegedly killed 27 men. Convicted in New Mexico in 1881 and sentenced to hang, he escaped from jail, killing two deputies, and remained at large until Garrett tracked him down and killed him
billy buttons
any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
billy club
A short stick or club, especially a police officer's club
billy goat
A male goat
billy goat
male goat
billy goat
A billy goat is a male goat. A male goat. a male goat - used especially by or to children nanny goat
King Billy
King William III of England
King Billy
Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people

1902: An' supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander — Henry Lawson, A Bush Publican's Lament,.

King Billy
Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man. (Reference: Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1970, reprint 1979 ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, entry for "King Billy", page 333.)
King Billy
One of various other specific aboriginal men referred to as King Billy at times. (Reference: Wannan above.)
Silly Billy
An epithet used in mild teasing for a silly person, or one who has just done something of an foolish nature
silly billy
Alternative spelling of Silly Billy. (a silly or foolish person)
billies
plural of billy
silly billy
silly billies used to tell someone, especially a child, that they are behaving in a silly way
billy

    Silbentrennung

    bil·ly

    Türkische aussprache

    bîli

    Aussprache

    /ˈbəlē/ /ˈbɪliː/

    Gemeinsame Collocations

    billy club

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