Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flat-bottomed, bluff-bowed barge, of very light draft, especially built for the navigation of the river Humber in England and its tributaries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.
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- noun UK A flat-bottomed
river barge or coasting vessel.
Etymologies
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Examples
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April 30th, 2008 5: 39 pm ET wel, well, well the sniper liar has done it and you people will find out what kind of a liar she really is and why don't you ask her what kind of relationship her and billyboy had with the rev. wright fred
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It's kind of fun to see Hill and Bill having to claw their way to the finish line, while trying to bully all her adversarie such as Obama (her own fellow surrogate's and of course the boyPresident himself billyboy).
Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates 2009
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North-countryman on his astonished zigzag to his flattish-bottomed billyboy, all in the cheery sunrise on the river -- yo-ho! ahoy!
Rhoda Fleming — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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North-countryman on his astonished zigzag to his flattish-bottomed billyboy, all in the cheery sunrise on the river -- yo-ho! ahoy!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He vindicated the honour of Warbeach by drinking a match against a Yorkshire skipper till four o'clock in the morning, when it was a gallant sight, my boys, to see Hampshire steadying the defeated North-countryman on his astonished zigzag to his flattish-bottomed billyboy, all in the cheery sunrise on the river -- yo-ho! ahoy!
Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Abdulrahman Bursahid at Jul 13, 2010 01: 39 you zionist billyboy the only person spewing garbage is you actual
arabnews - frontpage 2010
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"A plate of warm, yeasty, cakey goodness." billyboy
Roadfood.com Reviews 2010
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His compassion and wisdom compelled action make him the hero for the everyman of his era. billyboy Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03: 35 PM EST the one and only original captain marvel and captain marvel jr.
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