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Definition of billy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

billy

noun
 
/ˈbɪli/
 
/ˈbɪli/
(plural billies)
(also billycan
 
/ˈbɪlikæn/
 
/ˈbɪlikæn/
)
(both British English)
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  1. a metal can with a lid and a handle used for boiling water or for cooking when you are camping
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from billa ‘water’ in an Aboriginal language
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