Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An incidental bill, or a bill for incidentals; a casual item.

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Examples

  • I have heard him lay it down as a fact that the word "Bible" had its etymology from the word "by-bill" (hand-bill).

    By The Sea 1887 Heman White Chaplin 1885

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