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Definition of Bilgy
1. Adjective. Smelling like bilge water.
Derivative terms: Bilge
Definition of Bilgy
1. a. Having the smell of bilge water.
Definition of Bilgy
1. Adjective. Containing, or resembling, bilge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bilgy
1. smelling like seepage [adj BILGIER, BILGIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilgy
Literary usage of Bilgy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps by Great Britain India Office (1878)
"... and bilgy. Scale, 2 miles to 1 inch. With a small insertion entitled " Plan
of the ... and bilgy ; general account of the countries surrounding the ..."
2. Picturesque Sicily by William Agnew Paton (1897)
"... fireless cellars, smelling all kinds of dank and bilgy odors, we came to the
albergo, of which, if we ever knew it, we have forgotten the name. ..."
3. Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence Edward Mulford (1910)
"bilgy smelling lubbers! I'll run afoul of 'em some morning an' make shark's food
out of th' whole lot! " Meanwhile Meeker, finding his breakfast not yet ..."
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