Definition of billycock in English:

billycock

noun ˈbɪlɪkɒk

historical

A kind of bowler hat.
Example sentencesExamples
- One could well imagine an urgent gathering of the ` The Royal & Ancient Order of Sticky Fellows’ with fresh candles in their billycocks, lit and mining tools akimbo; being convened before the Miner in Chief within minutes of my departure.
- In fact, he always wore a greasy old billycock - greasy, I imagine, because of the melted butter seeping down to his collar band.
- Swaggering along in their check suits, gold chains, lumpy rings and billycocks, they were pointed out by name or exploit.
- He points out that the beard and headgear - top hats, billycock hats, or woolen stocking caps - are symbols of senior male status.
- The bowler acquired the nickname of a billycock, after Billy Coke, and if one visits Locks today and asks for a billycock they will know exactly what sort of hat you are referring to.
- The dog-collar seller tips his billycock and disappears, but his luckless companion, having fetched a small black object out of his knapsack, lingers.
- as I looked across the sea of tossing billycocks and rocking bonnets, my work, as I heard them give tongue, not once, but four times… I felt that I had secured Perfect Felicity.
- Slaves wore a hat called a billycock, which was similar to the kind of hat that was worn by the British army.
- He wore a cap of the ‘billycock’ order, and it was in all respects a decentish cap, except that, in front of the brim, for the space of a hand's breadth or so, it was worn limp and greasy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: said to be from the name of William Coke, nephew of Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester (1752–1842).

单词	billycock
释义	Definition of billycock in English: billycock noun ˈbɪlɪkɒk historical A kind of bowler hat. Example sentencesExamples One could well imagine an urgent gathering of the ` The Royal & Ancient Order of Sticky Fellows’ with fresh candles in their billycocks, lit and mining tools akimbo; being convened before the Miner in Chief within minutes of my departure. In fact, he always wore a greasy old billycock - greasy, I imagine, because of the melted butter seeping down to his collar band. Swaggering along in their check suits, gold chains, lumpy rings and billycocks, they were pointed out by name or exploit. He points out that the beard and headgear - top hats, billycock hats, or woolen stocking caps - are symbols of senior male status. The bowler acquired the nickname of a billycock, after Billy Coke, and if one visits Locks today and asks for a billycock they will know exactly what sort of hat you are referring to. The dog-collar seller tips his billycock and disappears, but his luckless companion, having fetched a small black object out of his knapsack, lingers. as I looked across the sea of tossing billycocks and rocking bonnets, my work, as I heard them give tongue, not once, but four times… I felt that I had secured Perfect Felicity. Slaves wore a hat called a billycock, which was similar to the kind of hat that was worn by the British army. He wore a cap of the ‘billycock’ order, and it was in all respects a decentish cap, except that, in front of the brim, for the space of a hand's breadth or so, it was worn limp and greasy. Origin Mid 19th century: said to be from the name of William Coke, nephew of Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester (1752–1842).
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