Billy FairplayBillie Playfairn.

Forms: 1800s Billy Fairplay, 1800s Billy Playfair.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Billy , fair play n.

Etymology: < Billy, pet form of the male forename William (see billy n.²) + fair play n.In the form Billy Playfair with reversal of the elements of fair play n.; compare to play fair at play v. 17a(a), and also the surname Playfair.

Coal Mining.

(See quot. 1883.)

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1876 Brit. Pat. 4387 Machines for weighing small coal known by the name of ‘Billy fair play’.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Billy Playfair or Fair-play,..a mechanical contrivance for weighing coal, consisting of an iron trough with a sort of hopper bottom, into which all the small coal passing through the screen is conducted and weighed off and emptied from time to time.

1889 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 14 231 The coal was shot down on to a screen called ‘Billy Fairplay’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	billy fairplay
释义	Billy FairplayBillie Playfairn. Forms: 1800s Billy Fairplay, 1800s Billy Playfair. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Billy , fair play n. Etymology: < Billy, pet form of the male forename William (see billy n.²) + fair play n.In the form Billy Playfair with reversal of the elements of fair play n.; compare to play fair at play v. 17a(a), and also the surname Playfair. Coal Mining. (See quot. 1883.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > other mining equipment dial1681 stick1708 motty1797 nail1839 spiking crib or curb1839 spile1841 bull1849 dag1863 ore bin1867 monitor1873 Billy Fairplay1876 snibble1883 brattice-cloth1885 breaker1885 steam point1895 picking belt1900 self-rescuer1924 rock duster1930 walking dragline1930 1876 Brit. Pat. 4387 Machines for weighing small coal known by the name of ‘Billy fair play’. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Billy Playfair or Fair-play,..a mechanical contrivance for weighing coal, consisting of an iron trough with a sort of hopper bottom, into which all the small coal passing through the screen is conducted and weighed off and emptied from time to time. 1889 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 14 231 The coal was shot down on to a screen called ‘Billy Fairplay’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1876
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