Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
billycock .
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Examples
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Reginald Morton was not an old woman, and to his eyes the smart young farmer with his billicock hat, not quite straight on his head, was an odious thing to behold.
The American Senator 2004
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When he came to the bridge to meet his sweetheart he had on a dark-green shooting coat, a billicock hat, brown breeches, and gaiters nearly up to his knees.
The American Senator 2004
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"Pshaw!" mopping with one hand his forehead under his tipped-up billicock, and holding the bottle with the other.
The Eternal City Hall Caine 1892
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When he came to the bridge to meet his sweetheart he had on a dark-green shooting coat, a billicock hat, brown breeches, and gaiters nearly up to his knees.
The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848
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But Reginald Morton was not an old woman, and to his eyes the smart young farmer with his billicock hat, not quite straight on his head, was an odious thing to behold.
The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848
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But, yet, what "a beast" the man was, with that billicock hat on one side of his head, and those tight leather gaiters.
The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848
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“a beast” the man was, with that billicock hat on one side of his head, and those tight leather gaiters.
The American Senator 2004
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