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billy n Cp DAE ~ 1 (1859-) for ~ knocker; cp OED ~2 1
'applied to various machines' for ~ tub.
Comb billy gale:
Newfoundlander.
P 104-66 Billy gale [is the term] used along
the Atlantic seaboard for Newfoundlander. P 212-74 On arrival at Sydney [Nova Scotia] he
was surprised to hear himself referred to as a billy gale.
billy-knocker: light wooden club carried by policeman (P
148-62).
T 367-67 1 was afraid o' the policeman's
billy-knocker—you know, the long stick that the policemen carry. 1975 Daily News
15 Apr, p. 17 [He said that they] put him in a 'small room at the police headquarters
where two of the policemen pinned me over a desk and the other three jabbed their
billy-knockers (nightsticks) in my ribs and chest.'
billy-tub:
barrel cut down to form a tub for trawls or bait; BAIT JACK, TUB.
Q 67-84 ~ one quarter of a flour barrel used for a 10line tub of
[bultows]. Q 71-6 ~ trawl tub made of half or quarter of a barrel. Q 71-13 ~ three
quarters of a flour barrel used for a 10-line tub.
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