BILLYCOCK

Etymology

Noun

billycock (plural billycocks)

(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.

Source: Wiktionary

Bil"ly*cock, n., or Bil"ly*cock hat`. [Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies.]

Definition: A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West." B. H. Chamberlain.

Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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