Billy Bunter

English Proper noun A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School. en 1989 Piers Paul Read A Season in the West He looked up through his thick Billy Bunter spectacles and seeing a young man standing behind Laura handed him his empty plate en 2005 Jon Carter South American Detox Actually he wasn't too bad except he had a green army style hat on, which made him look completely ridiculous; a bit like Billy Bunter in the army. Noun en British A fat boy. en Cockney rhyming slang A punter (in a betting shop etc.). Quotations en 2004 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake She tells the Billy Bunter to take it home and— he mimics a bird — "totally cleanse it, use some extra strong bleach on its, you know, working parts" en 2004 Ray Puxley Britslang: an uncensored A-Z of the people's language Billy Bunter a) Punter An old bookmaker's term based on the most famous fat boy en eponyms