billy
noun
[ ˈbɪli ]
• a tin or enamel cooking pot with a lid and a wire handle, for use when camping.
• "Roger had our fire going and the billy boiling"
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from Scots dialect billy-pot, possibly reinforced by bouilli tin or bully tin, an empty tin that had contained ‘bully beef’ (see bully3), used as a cooking utensil.
billy
noun
• short for billy goat.
• a truncheon.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Billy, pet form of the given name William .
