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Webster 1913 Edition

Billycock hat

{

Bil′ly-cock

,

Noun.

, or

Bil′ly-cock hatˊ

}

.

[Perh. from

bully

+

cock

; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies.]

A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake.

“The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.”

B. H. Chamberlain.