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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
King Billy en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(Australia, obsolete) Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people.
1901, Henry Lawson, A Bush Publican's Lament, republished in Children of the Bush, Gutenberg eBook #7065,
An' supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander, […] .
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Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man.
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Any one of various other aboriginal men at times referred to as King Billy.
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(Ireland, Scotland, informal) King William III of England.
Deriveds
King Billy pine