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billycock
bil·ly·cock
/
ˈbɪl
iˌkɒk
/
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[
bil
-ee-kok
]
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noun
Chiefly British Informal.
a derby or a hat resembling it.
Also called
billycock hat.
Origin:
1715–25;
alteration of
bullycocked
(
hat
); see
bully
1
,
cocked
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billycock
(ˈbɪlɪkɒk)
—
n
rare
chiefly
(
Brit
) any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
[C19: named after
William Coke
, Englishman for whom it was first made]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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