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Definition of Bilbies
1. bilby [n] - See also: bilby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilbies
Literary usage of Bilbies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"On the Darling bae blocks I have heard them styl i bilbies — their aboriginal
name, i presume. What the direct reas ! may be is unknown—whether destined ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1916)
"It has been surmised that the broad arrow indicated the gift of royalty, but it
is more likely to be the trade stamp, or device, of the bilbies. ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"Zagazig, near bilbies, they leave the choice of the best mode of executing it to
the judgment of the engineers to whom the works will be intrusted. lu. ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Zagazig, near bilbies, they leave the choice of the best mode of executing it to
the judgment of the engineers to whom the works will be intrusted. 12. ..."
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