"billypot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 billypot.ogg [Australia] Forms: billypots [plural]
Etymology: Scottish, from 19th century. The Australian usage is sometimes claimed to be related to billabong. Etymology templates: {{m|en|billabong}} billabong Head templates: {{en-noun}} billypot (plural billypots)
  1. (Scotland) A cooking pot. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-billypot-en-noun-WmkmcAhP Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31
  2. (Australia) A billycan used to boil tea. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Tea
    Sense id: en-billypot-en-noun-CPOrza5N Disambiguation of Tea: 36 64 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: billy, billycan, billy-pot

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for billypot meaning in English (2.5kB)

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