handy-billy

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• Handy

  ·superl Performed by the hand. II. Handy ·superl Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adro...

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• Billy

  ·noun A slubbing or roving machine. II. Billy ·noun A club; ·esp., a policeman's club. ...

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• billy

  n. a tin pot used as a bushman's kettle.The word comes from the proper name, used as abbreviation f...

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• handy-ship

  One that steers easily, and can be worked with the watch; or as some seamen would express it, "work ...

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• Billy goat

  ·- A male goat. ...

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• billy-can

  n. a variation of the above, moreused by townsmen than bushmen. 1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, ...

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• billy-biter

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• billy boat

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• billy boy or boat

  A Humber or east-coast boat, of river-barge build, and a trysail; a bluff-bowed north-country trader...

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