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Billy the Kid
noun
- William H. Bonney, 1859–81, U.S. outlaw.
- (italics) a ballet (1938) choreographed by Eugene Loring, with musical score by Aaron Copland.
Billy the Kid
noun
- Billy the Kid18591881MUSCRIME AND POLICING: outlaw nickname of William H. Bonney . 1859–81, US outlaw
Billy the Kid
- An outlaw of the late nineteenth century in New Mexico , who claimed to have killed over twenty people; he was gunned down himself at age twenty-one. His real name is uncertain.
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Soapy was one of these Billy-the-Kid killers, the only one left from the old days.
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