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King Billy
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Pronunciation
en en-au-King Billy.ogg AU
Proper noun
King Billy
en 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,.
Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man.“King Billy”, entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1979, 0-7018-1309-1, page 333.
Any one of various other aboriginal men at times referred to as King Billy.
en Ireland Scotland informal King William III of England.
Derived terms
en King Billy pine
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