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Definition of Billycock
1. n. A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake.
Definition of Billycock
1. Noun. (dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billycock
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billycock
Literary usage of Billycock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"THE BALLAD OF THE billycock It was the good ship billycock, with thirteen men
aboard, Athirst to grapple with their country's foes,— A crew, ..."
2. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"It was the good ship billycock put out from Plymouth Sound, While lustily the
gallant heroes cheered, And all the air was ringing with the merry bo'sun's ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
""BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN" I'M 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at,
A-layin' on to the sergeant I don't know a gun from a bat; My shirt's doin' ..."
4. Modern British Poetry: Edited by Louis Untermeyer by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"THE BALLAD OF THE billycock It was the good ship billycock, with thirteen men
aboard, Athirst to grapple with their country's foes,— A crew, ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
""billycock" HAT.—It is odd to find the Edinburgh Review, in its first number of
the century, giving the stamp of its authority to the following etymological ..."
6. Lancashire Characters and Places by Thomas Newbigging (1891)
"Chorus of Doffers,—"Tm wi' th' billycock! Hoorah' Hoorah! Hoor—ah!" Seeing that " 'im
wi' th' billycock" was no less a person than the learned President, ..."
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