billy

Meaning

Noun

• A billy club.
• A billy goat.
• A good friend.
• A condom.
• A slubbing or roving machine.
• A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
• A bong for smoking marijuana.

Origin

• Of obscure origin. Perhaps from the name Billy, a diminutive of William, or a variant of bully. Compare Scots billie.
• From the E-Rotic song Willy, Use a Billy... Boy.
• Of uncertain origin, but probably extracted from Scots billypot.