Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Formerly, a sword or sword-blade, famous for extreme elasticity, made in Bilbao in Spain.
- noun Hence Any sword.
- noun A long bar or bolt of iron having sliding shackles and a lock, formerly used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, especially on board ship: usually in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.
- noun A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device for punishment. See
bilboes . - noun A kind of sword with well-
tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao andToledo .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't think "bilbo" knows what a lot of the words he uses mean!
Pharyngula 2009
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BinLaden might be captured and put to death by now. bilbo boomerbottom
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January 24th, 2010 at 6: 15 pm bilbo: He denies that nanothermite was in the building, even though there is now a peer-reviewed paper stating there was.
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Goobermunch says: dr. bilbo: (2) A few eyewitnesses in particular an Al-Jazeera reporter, claim that Israel used live ammunition before the navy boarded.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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Go back to hiding Dick; its what you do best. bilbo
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(Except of course, when the commandos are offered as a sacrifice by their commanders.) dr. bilbo (Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
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Chris Travers says: dr. bilbo: Does Mr. Somin believe that it should be legal for a private restaurant owner to refuse service to a potential patron because the patron is an African American?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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March 30th, 2009 at 8: 35 pm bilbo: A man walks on water.
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Mark says: dr. bilbo: Does Mr. Somin believe that it should be legal for a private restaurant owner to refuse service to a potential patron because the patron is an African American?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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(Except of course, when the commandos are offered as a sacrifice by their commanders.)dr.bilbo(Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
brtom commented on the word bilbo
"utflings my lord Stephen, giving the cry, and a tag and bobtail of all them after, cockerel, jackanapes, welsher, pilldoctor, punctual Bloom at heels with a universal grabbing at headgear, ashplants, bilbos, Panama hats and scabbards, Zermatt alpenstocks and what not."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 27, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word bilbo
We have a toy at work called a bilbo-catcher, which is basically that ball-on-a-string thing that you try to catch in a wooden cup.
The trick to those is to jerk the ball up, not swing it up.
November 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bilbo
Ah! Now I want to try it again. :-)
November 13, 2007
cricket commented on the word bilbo
Bilbo is such a perfect name for a small, ridiculous, ancient humanoid. (The Hobbit)
February 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word bilbo
Be careful :-7
February 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bilbo
BilbO, that is. ;->
February 8, 2008
rolig commented on the word bilbo
The Am. Heritage Dict. via Dictionary.com provides two interesting, and quite contrastive, definitions for this word:
"An iron bar to which sliding fetters are attached, formerly used to shackle the feet of prisoners."
and
"A sword, especially one having a well-tempered blade."
January 23, 2009