"Billy Bunter" meaning in All languages combined

See Billy Bunter on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Billy Bunter
  1. A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.
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Noun [English]

Forms: Billy Bunters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Billy Bunter (plural Billy Bunters)
  1. (British) A fat boy. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-Billy_Bunter-en-noun-itRRySMS Categories (other): British English
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A punter (in a betting shop etc.). Tags: Cockney, slang
    Sense id: en-Billy_Bunter-en-noun-hbMiMFKY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 19 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 18 58

Inflected forms

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