the <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> <span class="searchmatch">Bill</span> (British, slang, law enforcement) A police officer. (British slang, frequently with the) The police force. (British slang, dated) A soldier...
of his neighbours opposite, a nice <span class="searchmatch">old</span> guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him <span class="searchmatch">Bill</span> - always had done and presumably always...
from <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla. <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">bills</span>) A written...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">Biller</span> From <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> + -er. Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) <span class="searchmatch">biller</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">billers</span>) (business) An issuer of a <span class="searchmatch">bill</span>. One who <span class="searchmatch">bills</span> (caresses in fondness), in the...
Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 361: The channel-<span class="searchmatch">bill</span> cuckoos disturbed one another, up in the skies, shouting in a frenzy of <span class="searchmatch">old</span> man’s crackle....
queer as a three dollar <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> as fake as a two-dollar <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> As three-dollar <span class="searchmatch">bills</span> do not exist. phony as a three-dollar <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> (not comparable) (simile, set...
English Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">Bill</span> Williams River Wikipedia Named for mountain man <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> <span class="searchmatch">Bill</span> Williams. <span class="searchmatch">Bill</span> Williams River A tributary of the Colorado...
Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 376: The channel-<span class="searchmatch">bill</span> cuckoos disturbed one another, up in the skies, shouting in a frenzy of <span class="searchmatch">old</span> man's cackle....
See also: <span class="searchmatch">billed</span> bilde- From the obsolete spelling <span class="searchmatch">billed</span>, archaic form of bilde (“picture, photo”), from <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Norse bilæti, from Middle Low German bilede...
in Time: Truman bought quite a <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> of goods from the <span class="searchmatch">old</span> cronies who had flocked to Harriman. (misinformation): bullshit sell someone a <span class="searchmatch">bill</span> of goods...