| 单词 | billy |
| 例句 | Then he went outside, to pens where the animals were kept, and he came back into the wedding feast leading a large, extremely irritated billy goat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He then brought his billy club down on her head with a whack that was heard throughout the crowd gathered in the street.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs nor to the insidious gravity of the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The cops were eager to put their taxpayer-funded billy clubs to good use. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Our father makes a small fire to boil water in a billy tin for tea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a billy goat. They’re stubborn sometimes. But I’m a bigger mule than he is. Have as much water as you like. We can refill it on the way, when we get to ojito verde.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The cops stumble back a little, reaching for their billy clubs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Instead, it sounded like the voice of a troll who was standing under a bridge hoping that an unsuspecting billy goat would walk by. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark uses his billy club to prod a demonstrator. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He described him as a cross between a billy goat and a female heretic, an infernal beast whose breath scorched the air and whose look brought on the birth of monsters in newlywed women. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Took three cops with billy clubs to finally pull him off. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s colder than a billy goat’s butt today,” Tony said, slapping his palms together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You stink like an old billy goat,” she said, and wrinkled her nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Brevis expected the billy goat to bolt for the woods or down one of the roads, but it stayed where it was, as if frozen into position. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Four of the other cops threw their hats and billy clubs down too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark points a billy club and, beneath the club, an electric cattle prod at a voting rights demonstrator on the steps of the Dallas County Courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They quickly tackled him again, and then a billy club slammed against the side of his neck. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “They may hit you or spit on you. They will have dogs and billy clubs.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The brigade drew billy clubs and axes and let out a single, unified “Huzzah!” before rushing forward. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They have their fire going, the billy tin suspended over it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The first was that of a white billy goat, its head stained red with blood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He thought one was a billy club, but it was too short, too thin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The witch-woman cracked her whip, and her cart jolted off down the muddy road, drawn by a matched pair of horned white billy goats. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time there were three billy goats who lived near a bridge. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She crashed the man’s head with a policeman’s billy enough to leave him just this side of death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was careful to keep the hole itself blocked so he wouldn’t notice it as she hooked his billy goats into their traces. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He threw his cop hat and his billy club on the ground. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The boy nodded and thrust out the hand which held the billy goat's rope halter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They were always ready to start striking with their billy clubs and jabbing with electric cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s searching my face with his kind billy goat eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He grunts and ruts like a billy goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Cops are community helpers and all that, but a billy club and gun don’t ever look very friendly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The witch-queen drove her chariot down a forest path, lashing the flanks of the twin white billy goats with a whip when they flagged. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A pair of young billies butted each other with their horns, but most of the time the animals were perfectly orderly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Some Yankee trash stirring up trouble. We’ll catch em, ma’am,” he said, patting his billy club. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Two of the billy goats pulled it like draft ponies. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Now Corporal Craigie walked past our ranks, calling out to us, “Brave billies. Brave, brave. Strike against your masters.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Three of something: three pigs, three bears, three brothers, three soldiers, three billy goats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The cops all had billy clubs and were spread out to protect the train. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A green, sunlit hillside beckons to three billy goats perched on the rocky cliffs on the other side of a river. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In “Survivors,” dissonant strings strike in slashes, and the dancers react as if hit by billy clubs. Review: Ailey Rages in ‘Survivors’ and Finds Humor in ‘Roy’s Joys’ 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z For them, graphic images of racist animus and cruelty were as crucial to nonviolent protest as billy clubs and fire hoses were to segregationists. Perspective | The brutal video of George Floyd’s death can galvanize a nation. If we stop scrolling. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He’ll stroke his billy goat scruff of a beard while pouring rounds for the voracious and varied congregation of blue collars, button-downs, and medical scrubs. The Personalities of Natchez 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z “I watched the police beat people with billy clubs and then they threw a woman up against a pole right in front of me,” Brisk said. Perspective | Are the police trying to stop you from taking that cellphone video? Check your First Amendment rights. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The next day’s New York Times reported that he paid no heed to a police officer’s shouts, nor the billy club flung at him. The death of the sidewalk 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z And one showstopping number is a violent clash between protesting miners and a scary phalanx of police in RoboCop-style helmets, wielding billy clubs and plexiglass shields. 'Billy Elliot' author talks about blending politics and artistic aspiration as tour comes to Seattle 2011-03-17T01:40:20Z They might also alert the cops if the item — and its owner — flout a state or local law, such as possessing brass knuckles or billy clubs in New York City. The weird afterlife of banned TSA items 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z To avoid the fates of their hapless predecessors, the new police officers were overly enamored of their billy clubs — real police brutality arrived with the real police. Tracing the Origins of the New York Police Department 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z A common practice was to crack criminals over the head, or across the back of the neck, with their thick, fourteen-inch-long wooden nightsticks, or billy clubs, regardless of the consequence. New York’s long history of police brutality: “Necessary force” goes all the way back to the beginning of the NYPD 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It doesn’t mean that billy woods would mind a change. Armand Hammer adds the Alchemist to make for an even more intriguing brand of underground rap 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Of course the troll is no match for the billy goats, and he soon gets a satisfying comeuppance. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The police used tear gas and billy clubs to beat back the crowds in a clash that was televised for the entire world to witness — including the horrified parents of the student-age demonstrators. Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z It’s one of the great triumphant moments in recent pop, and it suggested that for every time Meek Mill was wielding his words like a billy club, there was a meditation just underneath. Meek Mill Is Loudly Reflective on His Second Album, ‘Dreams Worth More Than Money’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z “Faithfulness” has become a watchword for adaptations, sometimes a measure of authenticity, sometimes a billy club to police divergences from a favorite story. Adapt or Die 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The brothers Nelson approach “O Come All Ye Faithful” with a pair of billy clubs, beating upon each syllable as if playing a mirthless game of Whac-a-Mole. 15 Fresh Takes on a Classic Tradition: The Holiday Album 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Chosen at random, the men playing corrections officers were given sunglasses, uniforms and billy clubs, which they began to wield with macho force almost from the moment they put them on. ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ N.W.A. and the new vernacular of protest 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In "The Last Demon", a demon is stuck in a village so rudimentary that "in the tailor's synagogue a billy goat is the tenth in the quorum". Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer ? review 2011-08-11T13:30:02Z You can’t miss the Old Country Market, a wildly eclectic grocery store with billy goats perched on its roof, contentedly munching grass. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Travel restrictions made an accidental sleeper of the Torlonia family’s Greek and Roman sculptures: dozens of portrait busts, a hirsute billy goat reclining like a love god, a shattered Hercules recomposed from a hundred shards. 10 Works of Art That Evaded the Algorithm This Year 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z They had a billy club behind the bar, and she slung him with it when he got out of line. The peak of Sinatra’s power: “Every Sinatra performance was acting. His greatest performance was as himself” 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z And then there were the even lesser-known moments that perpetuated segregation, not with bombs, billy clubs or fire hoses, but with something less visible if just as insidious. Review: Kristen Green’s ‘Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z It would be known as “Bloody Sunday” as a result of actions by Alabama State Troopers who routed 600 peaceful marchers with tear gas and billy clubs. ‘Selma’ movie rekindles memories 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z A few rolled-up magazines, with the application of duct tape, can be made into a billy club. Books of The Times: True Tales of a Prison Librarian 2010-10-19T16:13:00Z Their fearful interaction with the officer—a white man, of course, with a billy club in hand and a condescending bearing—is resolved with a comedic moment brought about by the women’s deferential irony. “Hidden Figures” Is a Subtle and Powerful Work of Counter-History 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Once it's lit they hang over a billy and drink tea while they watch the bats turning circles in the creeping darkness. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z In the past, it was “billy clubs and hoses; now it’s strict voter ID laws and purges and the intentional poll closures. They’re a part of the same power playbook.” 'We are entitled to being heard': Stacey Abrams on the fight to vote 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The Yurok, who sought to defend their fishing rights and tribal sovereignty, faced off with officers in riot gear holding billy clubs and M-16 rifles. The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mr. Roman in 2008 first publicized “the presence of two members of the New Black Panther Party — one carrying a billy club — outside of a Philadelphia polling site.” The Trump Gang: 18 people who got snagged in the Georgia election case 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms. These bleating firefighters have an insatiable appetite for wildfire fuel — weeds 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z “They told him to get up, unlawful assembly. You have to disperse. And of course he continued to pray. And that wasn’t good enough, so they hit him with that billy club,” she said. Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t 10 seconds between the time they told them to turn around and when they started throwing tear gas bombs and charging with billy clubs,” he said. Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z A fourth 2nd Amendment case before Benitez involves a challenge to California’s ban on billy clubs. Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “I thought we were just going there with billy clubs to do a little police work,” Mr. Miyamura told The Washington Post in 1995. Hiroshi Miyamura, Medal of Honor recipient from Korean War, dies at 97 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “If the men and women who had to endure the sting of discrimination, the smack of billy clubs ... if they didn’t get tired, you can’t be tired,” he said. Vampires, voter access and the turnout dance: Georgia's Senate runoff remains a question mark 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The Cubs would go on to end a 108-year championship drought — and finally broke what some believed was a curse brought on by a Chicago tavern owner’s pet billy goat. AP-NORC poll: On game day, some see prayer as a Hail Mary 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Father’s Day is almost here and my thoughts turn to the women who make it possible for men to be better fathers, but more than that, who keep men from becoming like billy goats. Men, on Father’s Day, thank the mother of your children 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “The police had German shepherd dogs and billy clubs, and they were blasting people with fire hoses,” she told a publication of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her graduate school alma mater. Doris Derby, photographer of African American life, dies at 82 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z "It doesn't have to be billy clubs," said Stephanie Ali, policy director for the New Georgia Project Action Fund, a voting rights group. Georgia poised to join Florida with Republican-backed law to police elections 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Soldiers complained about ill-fitting army clothes and said they disliked classical music and “hill billy” tunes. ‘Greatest Generation’ runs counter to its wholesome image in survey on race, sex and combat during World War II 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Their sheep, on the other hand, are a little creepy and otherworldly, in the manner of the billy goat Black Phillip from Robert Eggers’s similarly moody and supernatural “The Witch.” Review | The movie ‘Lamb’ is weird, even by A24 standards, but also haunting and beautiful 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z She hires Rooster Cogburn to go after Tom Chaney, her father’s murderer, and states what is common knowledge: “Men will live like billy goats if they are left alone.” Men, on Father’s Day, thank the mother of your children 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z And yet it would be easier to find a billy goat on an expressway than locate anyone in SoHo who still lives the way Ms. Rockburne does — in perfect consonance with creative purity. The Artist vs. the Technocrat: A $2 Million Parable 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Outside the courthouse, federal officers sent large amounts of red chemical agents and flash bangs into the crowd, then pushed them back with billy clubs. Lawsuit describes night of fear for Wall of Moms protester 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Only later, when some of the protesters attacked officers, did the police move against the crowd, using pepper spray, billy clubs and water cannons. As Europe’s Lockdowns Drag On, Police and Protesters Clash 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "The majority of the goats travelling through Llandudno and going quite some way from the Great Orme are billy goats," she said. Covid: Lack of contraception sees goats boom in Llandudno 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z When I read this, I decided to study up on billy goats to be sure I understood Mattie’s meaning. Men, on Father’s Day, thank the mother of your children 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Holding signs saying, “We Demand Work or Wages” and “Fight Police Brutality,” Black and White workers picketed until police broke up the crowd with billy clubs and tear gas. In 1930, Blacks and Whites protested unemployment together. Police attacked them. 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But on the edge of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, local police and state troopers attacked them, spraying tear gas and hitting them with billy clubs. The Black women who paved the way 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Police often responded with billy clubs and tear gas. Research: Aggressive policing escalates violence at protests 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Lewis’s home state of Georgia soon got to work thwarting the Black vote with weapons more subtle than teargas and billy clubs. Counted out: Trump's desperate fight to stop the minority vote 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z We could ignore them, but they are fathering children and acting worse than billy goats in taking care of them. Men, on Father’s Day, thank the mother of your children 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z One of them held a billy club and identified himself as “security.” Armed Observers, Chants of ‘4 More Years’ at Polls: Is That Legal? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z He is overseeing another case challenging the state’s prohibition on owning batons, billy clubs, and blackjacks. Pro-Second Amendment judge overseeing third gun rights case this week, gun control groups cry foul 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Goats went unseen until their last day, when a nanny and kid came into sight from the valley floor, near where they’d seen the billy high above camp. Teton goat shoot a physical challenge but success reported 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Their bones were cracked by billy clubs, their eyes and lungs choked with teargas. John Lewis knew the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won | Barack Obama 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Their bones were cracked by billy clubs, their eyes and lungs choked with tear gas. Transcript: Barack Obama’s address at John Lewis’ funeral 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The man with the billy club was asked to leave, and he complied. Armed Observers, Chants of ‘4 More Years’ at Polls: Is That Legal? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Lewis, who died at 80 Friday, had his skull cracked with a billy club as a young man to help bring us to this place where we are. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z They spotted the next goat right from their camp in the North Fork of Cascade Canyon, a billy hanging tight to a cliff band about 1,200 vertical feet up a mountainside. Teton goat shoot a physical challenge but success reported 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z It was most popular in the 1800s England and 1900s America as the “billy club.” Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z As a young man, through clouds of teargas and a hail of billy clubs, Lewis nearly lost his life marching against segregation and for voting rights. How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z That billy club that became a baton is now in our hands. Opinion | A civil rights giant passes the baton 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z As hundreds of Black protesters crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, state troopers, many on horseback, waded into the crowd swinging billy clubs. John Lewis, U.S. congressman and sharecropper's son, was civil rights hero 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z They didn’t even know police could be as brutal as they were before they seen 'em beating little white girls with billy clubs and pushing old men down in the streets. ‘Even now the line I’m pushing may not be radical enough’: Ice-T on protests, police brutality and ‘Cop Killer’ 28 years later 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The marches I was on, we started singing, and the policemen would drop their billy clubs, and we knew they were no longer planning to hit us. 7 Lessons (and Warnings) From Those Who Marched With Dr. King 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Gugino then confronted two officers and spoke to one, appearing to gesture at the officer's billy club with the hand holding the phone. Whole squad resigns in apparent show of support after force suspends cops filmed shoving elderly man 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z “And where there is law, opportunity knocks … you in the head with a billy club, or just shoots you in the nuts with a rubber bullet,” Colbert added, imitating the president. Seth Meyers on Trump: 'The worst-case scenario is here' 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Officers responded with billy clubs and pepper spray. Thousands Protest in N.Y.C., Reaching All 5 Boroughs and Trump Tower 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The story of voter suppression today is no longer the stuff of billy clubs and hoses that Ms. Abrams heard about as a child. Stacey Abrams Wants More Than the Vice Presidency 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z The first march had ended in “Bloody Sunday,” when state troopers met the demonstrators with billy clubs and tear gas on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just six blocks from the marchers’ starting point in Selma. Joseph Lowery, founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z There is a very old story about a cop who was wading through a communist riot beating everyone within reach with his billy club. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A shameful virtual media blackout on Yemen 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Thousands of people - white and black - crammed the area downtown, and policemen armed with billy clubs lined the streets. Kicked and spat on, Nashville’s sit-in protesters persevered 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z At the foot of the bridge, they were met by Alabama state troopers on horseback armed with billy clubs and pepper spray. Think your vote doesn't matter? Remember the blood spilled in Selma | Al Sharpton 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z A man with a billy club rushed at Kinnell and started beating him. Bloody Sunday remembered: civil rights marchers tell story of their iconic photos 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The ties were patterned with bulldogs, billy goats, even a cowboy on a bronco. In a West Baltimore middle school, a lesson in neckwear, manhood 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “Makin up my man into baby billy idol! 🖤,“ Miley Cyrus, Cody Simpson rock Perri Lister and Billy Idol costumes for Halloween 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s a good cleanse, once you get past the billy goat bloat. Our tailgate bait: White Claw, a couple of kegs and a full roster of wiseguys 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z On many other campuses, police resorted to tear gas and billy clubs to disperse angry protesters16. Discovery is always political 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The group had bowed down to pray when the state troopers began to storm them with billy clubs. Bloody Sunday remembered: civil rights marchers tell story of their iconic photos 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z He said he pulled out his baton—and later put it away—after an antifa activist brought out a billy club, and then wound up in a face-to-face argument with another activist. Antifa blames older man for Portland fracas that left him bloodied 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Fleishman says about 1,100 firefighters are battling flames in what he calls rugged “billy goat” country. Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s basically Watergate, “but if Nixon had been kicked in the head by a billy goat, and if that billy goat was the White House chief of staff”, he said on Last Week Tonight. John Oliver: Mueller report reveals 'cartoonish levels of incompetence' 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z A superior handed him a billy club and ordered him belowdecks, where he was charged with keeping black soldiers from gambling. David Brion Davis, Pulitzer-winning historian who reshaped study of slavery, dies at 92 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z It is thought that the local Bavarian accent changed “Einbeck” to “ein Bock,” which in German means “billy goat”; hence the frequent presence of goats on the labels. Bock beer comes in several forms, all of them high in alcohol 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z A humanoid billy goat in a monkish cassock bleats a satanic sermon to a gasping congregation of witches. Goya's Black Paintings: ‘Some people can hardly even look at them’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z A billy goat marched alongside, wearing a sign that read, “We’ve Got The Kaiser’s Goat.” She awed the country before Amelia Earhart even took to the skies 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z I had watched Amistad and newsreels of firehoses pinning protesters against walls while police dogs snapped at their feet and officers bashed their heads in with billy clubs. ‘I felt like an impostor’: a mixed-race American in Africa 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z I just walked up and knocked him on the hand with my billy club. First Hispanic detective in Austin recalls police life 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Rizzo’s estate sale starts Black Friday, Nov. 23, and will include his billy club and Rolodex, Italian-made furniture and a signed picture of Richard Nixon. Contents of Rizzo’s house up for grabs, billy club included 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Most of them choose that billy club, night club, whatever you want tocall it. The mother of a son fatally shot by police speaks out 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The department is inextricably linked with the brutal image of an August night a half-century ago, when police officers wielding billy clubs pummeled anti-war protesters during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Murder trial of Chicago cop puts troubled force in spotlight 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z A few miles away, thousands of protesters streamed out of Grant Park into a sea of tear gas and billy clubs. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z "In 1968 they went in with tear gas and billy clubs - today if there was a similar situation it's hard to imagine what might happen." A week in 1968 that still haunts Democratic Party 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z They grabbed him and beat him with billy clubs. ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The state and tribes were once in battle over salmon, with state game wardens using billy clubs to push tribal fishers off their treaty-protected fishing grounds. State honors Lummi Nation for its emergency response to escaped Atlantic salmon 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Police went after them with billy clubs and fire hoses. How MLK's death affected a nation, as told by those who remember it 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes I saw protesters who had gotten a billy club away from a cop and were beating a cop. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z State troopers attacked them with tear gas, cattle prods and billy clubs. Dallas activist Peter Johnson recalls early days backing MLK 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Police beat demonstrators with billy clubs as they fell to the floor to escape the tear gas. ‘I Am a Man’: The ugly Memphis sanitation workers’ strike that led to MLK’s assassination 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The billy would arrive by lobster boat from the mainland. Life on an Island: Silence, Beauty and a Long Wait for the Ferry 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Violence had followed, with police descending on the protesters with billy clubs, mace and tear gas. How MLK's death affected a nation, as told by those who remember it 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Other students eventually joined the football players, objected to the police threats and wound up defending themselves from swinging billy clubs. Perspective | Remembering the Orangeburg massacre, and the athlete-activists who took a stand 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Arpaio, who keeps a pair of billy clubs behind his desk, displays Trump's pardon order on his office wall, just below a photo of him and the president. Arizona exposes danger for GOP in 2018 primaries: Embracing Trump could backfire 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z He was there when Alabama state troopers savagely attacked demonstrators with billy clubs and police dogs — images that shocked the nation and helped shift public opinion outside of the South from indifference to outrage. Opinion | A reporter who stood up to far worse than journalists get from Trump 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The billy would arrive by lobster boat from the mainland. Life on an Island: Silence, Beauty and a Long Wait for the Ferry 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “Imagine, here is Martin getting beaten with billy clubs, bitten by dogs and thrown in jail, and he says we made his job easier.” Opinion | Famous Athletes Have Always Led the Way 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Some people think football is all about winning; some people are also c silly billies. World Cup 2018 play-off draw – live! 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors charged him in August with possession of a “leaded cane/billy club.” Milo Yiannopoulos may be gone, but the far right is still planning a rally Tuesday in Berkeley 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Finally, with just two days left in the season, Gibbons shot the billy dead. ‘The hardest hunt I’ve ever done’: What it’s like to bag a mountain goat 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The goats required the services of a billy to keep the milk flowing. Life on an Island: Silence, Beauty and a Long Wait for the Ferry 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The billy club and the baseball bat were competing weapons in the war for the mind of white America. Opinion | Famous Athletes Have Always Led the Way 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The storm hit the Gulf Coast community “like an angry drunk swinging a billy club,” the Orlando Sentinel reported in a 2009 retrospective. Analysis | With threat of hurricanes, is Florida still a retirement haven? 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Prosecutors charged him last week with possession of a “leaded cane/billy club.” Far-right hero 'Based Stickman' ordered to stay away from Bay Area protest this weekend 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “It may not be a billy club that is hitting you or a dog that is tearing your skin — those images from the Civil Rights movement — but it is violence to the body.” Activists Aim to Turn Sun Belt Into Front Line on Climate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Keeping goats required the services of the occasional billy to keep the milk flowed. Life on an Island: Silence, Beauty and a Long Wait for the Ferry 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Drawn to the once-abandoned town of Gothic as a college student of environmental science, billy moved into an old mining shack and later built his own fully solar-powered home. Why This Man Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods Collecting Weather Data 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z A 5-year-old, full-grown billy goat named Rusty ambled over and appeared ready to join the class. Yoga students have fun with goats at farm outside Chicago 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Tan was arrested in 2016 after police found a billy club in his car. Man sentenced to 4 years in prison for billy club possession 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “It was an old billy goat hill,” he says, with little to offer except a view of the Calistoga Palisade Mountains and a valid winery-use permit. Mexican migrant workers came to California to pick grapes. Now they own wineries. 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z She’s basically run the whole race on her billy, this is phenomenal behaviour. London Marathon 2017: Wanjiru and Keitany win men's and women's races for Kenya – as it happened 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Still, if it falls to me to look like a silly billy, it’d hardly be the first time. Trump is a media troll – so stop feeding him | Marina Hyde 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z "I no more wanted a swimming pool than I wanted a billy goat," he told me. Pooling Resources at Augusta National - Golf Digest 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The same month, state troopers armed with billy clubs attacked African-Americans as they began a historic march in Selma, 35 miles north of Wilcox County High. Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Monk won’t reveal the details of his plan yet but everyone is whispering theories as they sip on mugs of billy tea. Pike river mine disaster: families fight to stop their dead being sealed away forever 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z He “wouldn’t know the difference between a bulldog and a billy goat,” grumbles Mr Campbell, who in some ways seems a better fit with the voters. Alamo on the bayou 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Cubs president Theo Epstein celebrated winning the World Series and ending the so-called billy goat curse by feasting on roasted goat in the Wrigley Field bleachers. You can’t keep Steph Curry down for long 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z We require billy goats and black cats to explain dropped pop flies and fumbled footballs. The Curse Needs a New Home. Snow or Surf? 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Long-time Cubs fan Bob Newhart, who grew up in the Chicago area, tweeted his reaction to the Cubs‘ victory. “The billy goat is dead!! ‘Next year’ finally arrives for overjoyed Chicago Cubs fans 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z He issued this warning not because he believed a hexed billy goat caused the Cubs to endure the 108-year championship drought that finally ended Wednesday night. Chicago Cubs Win the World Series, Ending 108-Year Drought 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z A number of tribal members and their allies reported being pepper-sprayed, hit with billy clubs and stunned by concussion grenades throughout the day. Pepper spray, chaos as N.D. pipeline protesters cleared from private land 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z But this had nothing to do with billy goats or fictional Indian chiefs. World Series: Young Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians Shrug Off Curses 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z For a franchise so saddled by its own history — of bad baseball, bad breaks and billy goat curses — the latest iteration of the Cubs has carried on in a blissful cocoon of ignorance. Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z It even involves an infamous curse of a billy goat, one brought to the 1945 World Series by a local pub owner. After this World Series, winning players will be legends. Ask the 2004 Red Sox. 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Then, about an hour later, the billy goat returned to the farm and hasn’t left since. EXCHANGE: Sterling Toastmasters Club celebrates 60 years 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z There is talk of a certain billy goat. The Cubs Confront the Curse: Is This the Year? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Chicago’s hex comes by way of a billy goat whose owner got turned away from Wrigley Field eons ago. World Series: Young Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians Shrug Off Curses 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z There will be so much talk of “even year” magic and billy goat curses that the games will be at best a distraction compared to the tall tales and superstitions. Forecast for Baseball Playoffs: Persistent Drought 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “Sometimes fans call us the Kremlin’s billy club,“ he said in a 2010 interview following mass riots in Moscow involving the country’s far-right soccer hooligans. Violence at Euro 2016 Soccer Tournament Puts Russian Fans in the Spotlight 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The president of the local Speak Boldly Toastmasters Club bought a billy goat, one that wanted nothing to do with the Sterling farmer, and ran off at its first opportunity. EXCHANGE: Sterling Toastmasters Club celebrates 60 years 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Hence, the celebrated curse of the billy goat. The Cubs Confront the Curse: Is This the Year? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z His refusal to stay in drug-fueled denial doesn't go over well with his fellows, though, and they see through his sobriety, sending creepy white-masked police officers to beat him to death with billy clubs. We Happy Few is a drug-addled survival game set in a creepy alternate 1960s 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z No, The Clipper Curse isn't about Babe Ruth or a billy goat, it's still about Sterling, who abusively owned them for 34 years and whose stench just will not dissipate. Somehow, the Clipper Curse has gotten worse 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z At the other end of the bridge, rows and rows of Alabama state troopers waited with billy clubs and tear gas. Obama’s legacy: Triumphs and travails that defined a presidency This could be a postcard lit with a match: stepping through the raucous nightlife and police armed with billy clubs, Burch’s narrator is hopping the train with no regrets. Paul Burch pays homage to godfather of country Jimmie Rodgers 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Hard-earned New England angst has been traded for a Midwestern strain of the same, hexes of billy goats replacing those of Babe Ruth. Theo Epstein broke the jinx in Boston. Now he may finally lift the Cubs’ curse 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The Cubs would like to make a target of their own: that infamous billy goat, whose curse was said to fall on the team in 1945. Baseball’s Endangered Species 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I want to eat billy goat for breakfast. Fan of the House: Phoenix risings and fallings of spring 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The world heritage area was home to a range of unique alpine flora including pencil pines, king billy pines and cushion plants, some more than 1,000 years old. Satellite Eye on Earth: January 2016 - in pictures 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z It had a billy club hanging on the wall and nostalgic old-timers with pinkie rings training young new fighters. Bennie Georgino dies at 95; manager, promoter from L.A.'s golden age of boxing 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The report said police also found a machete and a billy club. North Dakota man arrested after saying he planned to abduct Obama dog Bo 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z In another, a helmeted officer stands over her slack frame, a gas mask in one hand, a billy club in the other. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z She can really make it down places where a lot of people can’t, like a little billy goat.” Skiing prodigy navigates slopes like a ‘billy goat’ 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Activists, as I’ve written before, “patrol the markets like prison guards with billy clubs.” Dow-DuPont Merger: The Shrinking of American Ambition 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z CHICAGO—Curses in baseball don’t exist, not the billy goat, not the Bambino, not anything. New York Mets Beat Chicago Cubs, 5-2, in Game 3 of the NLCS 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The W flag like most things Cubs—from billy goats to black cats—is subject to superstition. Flag This: Chicago Baseball Fans Follow Tradition to the Letter 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z “That billy goat I guess caught up with them,” Hernandez said. Ryno, Sarge and Doctor K: A look back at Mets-Cubs in ‘84 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z A neighbor's house was rubble but still standing was the goat shed, guarded by a billy and nanny. Valley fire: Residents of Middletown tell harrowing survival tales 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z A trooper struck her on the shoulder with a billy club. Amelia Boynton Robinson, activist beaten on Selma bridge, dies at 104 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z If you look at the edges of the royal scenes from Amarna, Reeves said, “there are all these rows of running soldiers, all carrying billy clubs.” Is Nefertiti in Tut’s Tomb? 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z To others, the changes are about as welcome as a billy goat. Take me out to the rooftop: Wrigley changes bring new looks 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Both were dressed in paramilitary apparel, one was carrying a billy club and, one witness said, they were calling whites “crackers” who would soon be “ruled by the black man.” A Dream Undone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z If a serve like a silk-clad billy club and the footwork of a soft-shoe dancer is your preference, then Federer is your favorite to win. Djokovic-Federer rivalry awaits latest chapter in Wimbledon final 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z In the melee that followed, billy club-wielding law enforcement officials went on the offensive against hundreds of marchers. James Bonard Fowler dies; Alabama lawman was convicted 45 years after killing civil rights protester 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Getting overly confident or excited about the prospects of the organization has never seemed like a good idea because heartache was always waiting around the corner, ready to greet hope with a billy club. Wizards high hopes for postseason crashed down with John Wall 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z And nothing helped when the troopers waded into the crowd with billy clubs, striking protestors. Jacksonville man was in iconic photo from Selma march 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z A half-century ago, civil rights demonstrators were attacked by state troopers and county sheriff’s deputies with tear gas and billy clubs, earning the day the moniker “Bloody Sunday.” Selma March 50th Anniversary Speech Showed How Much Obama Loves America 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Seeing the nonviolent demonstrators being attacked with billy clubs and tear gas as they marched on the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., for the right to vote was “heartbreaking,” he said. In Pr. George’s, students get a lesson from Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z State troopers dispatched by segregationist Gov. George Wallace attacked the marchers with teargas, leather whips and billy clubs. 50 years after Selma, America retreats on civil rights 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z They are coming to rekindle the spirit of a city where, 50 years earlier, nonviolent demonstrators endured billy clubs, cattle prods and clouds of tear gas as they protested for their right to vote. Fifty years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ march, struggles endure in Selma 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z On this day 50 years ago, 600 marchers stared down a line of state troopers armed with billy clubs and tear gas as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Why North Carolina is the new Selma 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Whether it’s an F-16, an armed drone or a billy club, once you sell it to another country, you lose control over how it’s used,” Mr. Singer said. New Rules Set on Armed Drone Exports 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z She explained that they would have been killed if they did — unarmed, confronting "a sea of white men on foot and horseback," armed with rifles, bayonets, billy clubs and fierce dogs, plus tear gas. Youngest participant in 1965 Selma march describes the day 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Now a 64-year–old mother and grandmother, she spoke Sunday in New York of a harrowing experience of unarmed marchers going up against rifles, billy clubs and fierce dogs. Selma Cast Marches in Alabama Ahead of MLK Day 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The first day of the march — March 7, 1965 — would become known as “Bloody Sunday,” after 600 marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. Marysville man: ‘We were all scared’ during historic Selma march 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Jeaux Rinehart, a registered nurse for more than 30 years, was working at Virginia Mason Medical Center in 2008 when a patient seeking methadone attacked him with a billy club, breaking his cheekbone. Epidemic of Violence Against Health-Care Workers Plagues Hospitals 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Reid is a wonderful,wonderful rugby player,spent most of his time in the northern hemisphere out the wing,can you imagine if billy v was out on the touch line sniffing about! Guscott's teams of the autumn Tests 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The first attempt to make the march to Montgomery, on March 7, 1965, was met with violent opposition by state and local police, who attacked the peaceful marchers with billy clubs and tear gas. Publicity, tourists expected for historic march 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Disobedient, I peeked through a gap in the curtains and watched people I knew being chased by police in white motorcycle helmets with billy clubs. How Kids Will Remember the Riots in Ferguson 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The scene turned to tear gas, arrests and billy club beatings by the Madison police. In Iraq, Dick Cheney Forgot the Lessons of Vietnam 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z So, as the NYT reports, he donated a bunch of billy goats. Airbnb Dinner Parties and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z When the marchers reached the far side of the bridge, they were met by state troopers and civilian posse bearing billy clubs and whips — weapons they did not hesitate to use. GOP’s shameful decline on race: While Bush celebrated Voting Rights Act, DeMint’s ignorance now reigns 2014-04-15T17:02:00Z No one - not billy goats or trolls or any of the other denizens of the actual European imagination - could live under such bridges. Why every household should have its own currency 2014-02-14T17:07:26Z State troopers on horseback, along with hastily deputized citizens, met the marchers with billy clubs and electric cattle prods, and chased them back to the church. Plaquemine Journal: On a Large Stage, King’s Dream. On a Small One, a Nightmare. 2013-08-27T02:29:15Z Trampled by police horses, choked by tear gas, beaten with billy clubs – Lewis had his skull fractured – the marchers would need more medical help than the four cars could provide. Scalia’s ugly racial cynicism 2013-02-28T18:24:00Z The Chinese authorities have long tackled the rise in communicable diseases among gay men with all the sensitivity of a swinging billy club. Chinese Groups Slowly Carve Out Space in Work Against H.I.V./AIDS 2013-01-03T01:32:38Z When the marchers reached the far side of the bridge, they were met by state troopers and civilian posse bearing billy clubs and whips — weapons they did not hesitate to use. GOP’s shameful decline on race: While Bush celebrated Voting Rights Act, DeMint’s ignorance now reigns 2014-04-15T17:02:00Z After the comical plot unraveled -- the hulking ex-Nazi proved too tall to knock out with a billy club -- Mrs. Klarsfeld presented herself to the police demanding to be arrested. City Room: For Serge Klarsfeld, a Life Dedicated to Pursuing Nazis 2012-11-29T16:36:00Z Customs and border patrol agents searched his checked bags and among other items found a gas mask, bio-hazard suits, body bags, three leather-coated billy clubs, knives, a hatchet and leg irons. Man with bulletproof vest, body bags arrested at LA airport 2012-10-09T23:36:36Z There is the billy goat that, as the story goes, was refused entry to Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series, prompting a curse that the Cubs still seem to be laboring under. Ex-Cub, Hit by Pitch in Only Time Up, Pursues Second Chance 2012-09-08T19:49:37Z Goatee, a nanny goat, and her kid billy goat, Pismo, even rode waves together. Surfing goats 2012-07-16T21:27:31Z Then, as it was yet early, and they were about to prepare their coffee, we boiled up ours, and, passing round the billy, filled our pannikins to the health of the enemy. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Well, billies," he cried jovially, "what do you think? The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z "Esteemed sir," he said, advancing towards him, "this humble billy was the Deus ex machina." Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Why not embrace "the curse of the Billy Goat" and partner with Lincoln Park Zoo to bring a billy goat to all games. Reader Q&A: Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag 2012-03-01T06:00:00Z Here quantities of dead gum-tree trunks were quietly burning, and were made use of for grilling chops and making billy tea. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Has he turned himself into a billy goat?” The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z In his pouchlike pockets, he had dried meat, sugar, matches, tea, and the little billy that never left him. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z "You made some remark about your billy, didn't you?" said Ferrier. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z We made the fire between some stones, and placed thereon our tin billy with water to boil for tea. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z We would only have to stroke one way, but we’d sure have to “jump into it billy hell!” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z He also makes a 25-inch model of hard steel that looks more like a billy club and weighs 52 ounces — about the same as the heaviest wooden bats used in the big leagues. Baseball bat is a hit as a defensive weapon in China 2011-11-02T02:48:00Z Glancing down at his billy, he realized next that he could not make use of it either, nor of the dark dry dusty stuff he had meant to boil in water. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Permitted under the new law are handguns, electric weapons such as stun guns or tasers, knives other than switchblade knives, and billy clubs. Wisconsin bishops ask parishioners not to bring guns to church 2011-11-01T20:04:53Z Permitted under the new concealed weapons law are handguns, electric weapons such as stun guns or tasers, knives other than switchblades, and billy clubs. Wisconsin bishops ask parishioners not to bring guns to church 2011-11-01T19:01:46Z A video of a police commander swinging his billy club in a crowd of marchers made the rounds online. After Police Clashes, Occupy Wall Street Entrenches 2011-10-07T16:35:33Z The old billy did not even look up. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z His billy lay at his feet, and he picked it up; the matches—he carried them in a metal case whose screw top kept out all moisture—were in his hand. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The billy's the can you make it in up the bush. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z And why have scrub and billy, grub and fig, taken on new meanings, as though they had suffered a sea-change in the long voyage around the Cape or through the canal? Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z All we had was on our horses—food, blankets, billy, rifles and ammunition. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z There was an old billy, standing on the edge, looking off and down, evidently inspecting with some suspicion the party which was now lighting a camp-fire for luncheon down on the lake shore. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The glow on the forge-hearth was set blazing, tea billies were soon boiling, and there was a fragrant smell of coffee in the air. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z It is neither more nor less than a paper representative of the bayonet, the billy, and the bullet. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z There's plenty of tea in the billy, it'll soon warm up. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I got the goat down to the kraal an hour before sun-down, and then I slipped into the kloof, treading like a shadder, with the bleat of the old billy buck calling loud. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Their cooking gear was a frying-pan, a tin billy, black and battered, and an iron camp oven. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z There was no time for a billy of tea, or for ever so slight a stretch: it was up and away. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Each took, besides, a water-bottle, a cooking “billy,” a blanket, a spare flannel shirt and two pairs of thick woollen socks. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Did I ever think—or you either, Trevanion—that we should drink tea out of a "billy," or be our own cooks, housemaids, washerwomen, and gamekeepers all in one. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z “The goat! it’s the old billy!” sang out Helen, and turned to run as the horned head of the bewhiskered leader of the Angora herd came suddenly into view. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z There is the fire in front of us, to be carefully stamped out afterwards; the sooty billy full of tea, with a palatable little tang of wood smoke in it, stands near-by. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z With the help of my gun I got some birds the next day, and stewed them in the billy with flour and figweed. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The videotape depicts officers shoving several women to the ground with billy clubs as they quelled the disturbance. Denver policemen fired over manhandling of women 2011-04-12T20:50:51Z Only a few committee members had been in Selma on March 7 when state troopers used billy clubs to beat back marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Dr. D.M. French Dies at 86; Treated ?60s Marchers 2011-04-06T03:03:46Z Outside, a thick wall of thousands of refugees was waiting to get in, and at least two guards were beating them back — one with a billy club and the other a whip. Qaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances, Witnesses Say 2011-02-26T16:52:57Z Ergo, our beef and damper are food of the gods, and the black billy tea is pure nectar. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z The billy serves all purposes: in it the meat is cooked, the tea is boiled, and on extra occasions the plumduff too. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z From the fact that the individual in question had kindled a fire and was boiling his billy, he felt justified in assuming that he was preparing his camp for the night. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z On Köln's club crest the billy goat is gloriously displayed in the act of what farmers call "covering" Cologne cathedral. Why the witch-hunt against Cesc F?bregas gets my goat 2011-02-11T00:06:00Z On Wednesday, army units and riot police officers were deployed around the city around dawn in anticipation, and they quickly dispersed protesters with billy clubs, tear gas and bullets. Protests Spread to Tunisia?s Capital, and a Curfew Is Decreed 2011-01-13T12:28:49Z Our party boiled the billy, explored round a bit, played the usual picnic games, and had a dip in the enticingly cool water. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Her first question at night is 'Daddy, did you fall off?' and if I say yes, she'll say: 'You're a silly billy, daddy'. The winning feeling 2010-12-20T13:45:42Z "I know him as well as you do," the other answered, lifting his billy from the fire as he spoke. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z "It is shocking to think that a U.S. citizen might have to run a gauntlet of billy clubs in order to vote," they wrote in an internal memo. Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions 2010-10-22T19:29:00Z I wouldn't be surprised if a few of us get a billy club to the head. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin's unholy alliance 2010-08-29T00:20:00Z A video of the men, posted online, showed them dressed in paramilitary clothing, and one carried a billy club. Racial Motive Alleged in a Justice Dept. Decision 2010-07-07T03:40:00Z "I must put an end to your visits, billy," thinks I, before ever he opened his lips. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 "I'm the stupidest hill billy in Casper County," he said. The Shadow Foster buried his muzzle deep in his brimming glass of Chianti and didn't care a billy what had become of young Ray. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Many of the young men carry home-made billies or “brass knucks.” Our Southern Highlanders On the top of the stove stood a tin billy full to the brim of steaming coffee, the scent of which, blending with the reek of strong tobacco, came soothingly to their nostrils. In the Brooding Wild With brands and billies they beat upon me; The hard edges hack me; the handwork of smiths In crowds I encounter; with courage I endure 10 Ever bitterer battles. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose He was certainly homely and a pusher, just an ordinary "hill billy," as he had described himself. The Shadow At the brow of the hill, alongside a large rock, and gazing curiously down at them stood an old billy goat. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave "Stop!" hissed Carter, lifting his roll of proof over Prim's head as if it had been a policeman's billy. The Co-Citizens At a cottage beyond the hamlet they lent a hand to a woman who was drawing water from her well, and filled their billy with drinking-water at the same time. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts “What a lark it would be to play billy with the labels!” chuckled Mr. Wickham. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) As he had once put it to Hertha, they were "hill billies," far removed from her progenitors. The Shadow Here it was that the billy goat had given him such a fright a few weeks before. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave He took a long drink of tea from the billy, and then used what was left to rinse out the dish that Finn had polished. Finn The Wolfhound He flew off, and soon returned with the billy full of cold water. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts We also got the wreckage of No. 4 whaleboat, and her gear, and some timbers, and a handy billy. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story And over it, on an iron hook-stanchion, was suspended a prairie cooking “billy,” from which a steaming aroma, most appetizing at that hour of the morning, was issuing. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Then he took a tin billy and dipped it full from a bucket containing beans that had been set to soak. The Hound From The North Sunny was at the cookstove boiling milk in a tin “billy.” The Twins of Suffering Creek Chippy broiled the trout in the ashes; Mrs. Hardy's sandwiches were very good, and the milk was heated in the billy and drunk hot from their tin cups. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts So, I rigged the handy billy, and we hoisted all the grease in through the window, and stowed it. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story He was scraping out a large frying-pan, the one utensil which shared with his “billy” the privilege of supplying him with a means of cooking his food. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The "billy" is then filled with water and set to boil. Six Letters From the Colonies Glancing about amongst the few pots he possessed, he realized that the largest saucepan, or “billy,” in the house would not hold more than a gallon of water. The Twins of Suffering Creek He brought the clay to the fire, and next fetched a billy of water from the river, and worked the clay into a mass which would spread like stiff butter. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts It is curious what could have agitated the billy ducks of my stomach, because I took every precaution which is recommended in different books to prevent ill-disposition. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. They were afraid of him, singly, these Martian cops, even though armed with the deadly dart guns and with shot-loaded billies. Vulcan's Workshop The two latest arrivals chose a camping-ground some twenty yards from that the girls had selected, and soon had a fire lit and their billy boiling. Australia Revenged As to their visitor, the billy goat, he was undoubtedly the patriarch of some flock, who had wandered up stairs himself, perhaps in a fit of idle curiosity. Among the Brigands So the billy was rubbed round and three parts filled with water, and on went some more eels in a new form of cookery. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts But here, arranged on shelves all round the walls, are tin dishes and billies, a churn, a cheese-press, and the various appurtenances of a dairy. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand In the excitement a cook shot a “billy” of soup over an officer's legs, much to our silent delight. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went The bearded man stooped to drink: the other dipped the billy into the water and drank, standing. The Tale of Timber Town She had taken a hand at camp cookery, helped to head cattle, understood the making of "billy" tea, and could find her own way where a town-bred girl would have been hopelessly lost. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life They had stayed their march beside a little brook, and in it they washed the potatoes, and then boiled them in their jackets in the billy. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts In the bush, the water is boiled in a billy can. All About Coffee He was in his shirt-sleeves, chewing a straw, but he wore his police badge 239 on his coat, while a short “billy” appeared in a hip pocket. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise When the four men sat down to their frugal meal of “billy” tea, boiled bacon, and “damper,” they chatted and laughed like schoolboys. The Tale of Timber Town She was 'bout ten dat day and she and de chillun make me rig up some harness for de billy goat and hitch him to a toy wagon. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 After the potatoes were boiled, they washed the billy, and then boiled more water, and made their tea. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The billy, having a lid and a wire handle by which to suspend it over the fire, superseded the quart-pot about 1851. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia I doubt but we Army billies are better at puttin' men thegither than at takin' them to pieces in the long run.... The Dop Doctor “That’s exactly it,” said the goldsmith, taking up an empty “billy” from the ground. The Tale of Timber Town And when you do shoot, don’t kill an old billy, for we couldn’t keep the head. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies Chippy had been enthusiastic over the delicious richness of fried eels, and there was the billy to fry them in, but what were they going to do for grease? The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Then the billy goat sauntered up and looked over, and after that he eyed his wife a little crossly. The Olive Fairy Book And, indeed, it was as much as any one of them could do to crawl to the side of the creek for a billy of water. The Red True Story Book In front of them burned brightly a fire of dead branches, suspended above which was the “billy,” black and battered externally, but full of fragrant tea. The Tale of Timber Town I dare say that Rashborough would be on your side because he is of that peculiar class of silly billy, but you may be sure that I shall not stand it. The Slave of Silence He had built a fresh fire with a heap of glowing embers from the old one; the billy had served him as an improvised shovel. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts ‘I am not going to be so silly,’ replied the billy goat. The Olive Fairy Book When King saw the wound he boiled some water in his billy and bathed it. The Red True Story Book It’s a beautiful flower, no doubt; but how would a slice of mutton go, after ‘damper’ and ‘billy’ tea? The Tale of Timber Town He had a little beard like a billy goat. Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels The eels were washed and skinned, and soon were hissing and spluttering delightfully in the mutton fat in the billy. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts We immediately left the river and put up our tents for a camp, short hobbling the horses with no bells on, but could not boil the billy, as smoke from the fire would be seen. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Only a doctor to look after them and maybe a bushman or so to boil a billy and make some tea between whiles. The Rider of Waroona “But Great Ghost!” exclaimed Moonlight, “all the gold’s in my tent, in the spare billy.” The Tale of Timber Town He watched Stingaree in close conversation with Howie, who was boiling the billy on a spirit-lamp between the two tents, but he watched them with an admirable simulation of idle unconcern. Stingaree When the chupatties were nearly baked, the billy was boiled up again, and some tea and a handful of sugar thrown into it. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Carruthers would boil his billy at water-holes in the afternoon, and go out to the centre of the plains to camp, with no bells on the horses. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 "Pooh! nothing but that," thought the billy goat, taking a couple of steps forward. Lisbeth Longfrock “The billy’s empty,” said the other—“I spilt it when I came that cropper, and nearly broke my neck.” The Tale of Timber Town "What real bushmen would boil their billy on a spirit-lamp when there's wood and to spare for a camp-fire on all sides of 'em?" Stingaree Into this hole he poured hot water from the billy, and added a little salt and baking-powder. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The party starts with much laughter, with inquiries as to the safety of the “billy” and the whereabouts of the matches. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Then the billy goat gathered all his force, set his horns high in the air, and tugged at the band. Lisbeth Longfrock Talking thus, they ate their “damper” and stewed pigeon, and drank their “billy” tea. The Tale of Timber Town Jack and the hill billy had become good friends, and Jack was more than willing to accommodate a friend. The Desert Fiddler Chippy set the billy down, and both turned to and built a fire, at which they were now pretty expert. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Then the “billy” is boiled again and tea made, the horses harnessed up and the picnickers turn back towards civilization. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia The next step was to fasten the other loop around the billy goat's neck, and behold! there stood the two goats harnessed together. Lisbeth Longfrock It's a snug bit house where some of the West Country billies forgather for a nicht at e'en. The House with the Green Shutters Something in this hill billy's tone stirred in Bob a sudden recollection. The Desert Fiddler We struck it on the road, and called in for a boil of the billy, and finding no one in, borrowed what we wanted. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Even baby pretends to help, and has to be allowed to carry about a “billy” to give her the idea that she is useful. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Lisbeth and the milkmaid and the boys waited a while expectantly; but the billy goat rather enjoyed being looked at, and would not budge so long as they and the flocks were near by. Lisbeth Longfrock They claim to be bigger men and bigger fools than the Eastern billies. The House with the Green Shutters He had always thought he had brains, but here he was at twenty-eight no better off than the hill billy. The Desert Fiddler They were busily engaged—too busy to talk—in two minutes, and they kept at it steadily till the billy was empty and the beef and damper low. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush This “billy” is a tin pot in which, later on, water will be boiled over a little fire in the forest, and tea made. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Seeing this, the billy goat thought it was high time for him to be jogging along, so he took a step forward; but something was the matter. Lisbeth Longfrock And the Eastern billies are very willing to yield one half of the contention. The House with the Green Shutters The next morning after the interview with Jim Crill Bob was at the hardware store assembling the implements he had bought, when a tall, shambling hill billy sauntered up. The Desert Fiddler "You can keep the billy going all night, if you're going to ask all them that's coming up the track if they want a feed," one of the two at length managed to say. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush The fresh-water stream will give water for the “billy” tea and for the horses to drink. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia So they called to the billy goat coaxingly. Lisbeth Longfrock I saw a fellow trip him up, and pound him with a billy, and stab him. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 The loyalty of the hill billy touched Rogeen, but as is the way of men, he covered it up with a brusque tone. The Desert Fiddler Another man was using the lid of his billy as a dish to wash the gravel, while into the billy itself he was putting what he picked out of the slush. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush You may have a billy goat, or a shot gun or a bottle of poison concealed about you. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 They had been used to boiling their own billy cans; used to looking for firewood; used to making a shanty wherein to lay their heads. The Kangaroo Marines Therma— Crowded shipping—The arrival of the billies—Christmas Day—A conspiracy—The concert—The New Year—Leaving for Egypt. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula "Hello," said the hill billy as Bob edged his way up to his side. The Desert Fiddler "You don't say!" exclaimed Palmer Billy, standing up beside the fire over which he had been stooping, as he watched for the water in the billy to come to the boil. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush At the present time they're being watched by six deputies, every man of which carries a billy and a pair of handcuffs. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block "Jazz," being only a tender-hearted billy goat, could not claim exemption from remaining in the U.S.A., for, as everybody agreed, he was no earthly use, just "a poor, no-good goat." The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 The contents of the "billies" covered a fairly wide range of articles, and an inventory made of one gave the following result:— 1 tin shortbread. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Early one morning in March Bob picked Noah Ezekiel Foster up at a lunch counter where the hill billy was just finishing his fourth waffle. The Desert Fiddler The fire was out, and only after a prolonged search did they obtain enough dry wood to light another and boil their billy. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush A cop saunters out on my approach to the bridge, his billy dangling from his wrist. It’s like this, cat Here we lit our camp fire under the trees, boiled our billy of tea, and ate our cold beef and bread. The Call Of The South 1908 “When the con gets one of these hill billies he goes mighty fast.” The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Oh, well," consoled the hill billy, "if you hadn't lost it somethin' might have fell on you. The Desert Fiddler I lit a fire, boiled a billy of tea, and ate some cold beef and damper. "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 He’ll leave off presently and boil his billy and eat his bread and cheese and have his smoke, and then back he’ll go to his work. In the Mist of the Mountains At daylight I rose to boil a billy of tea. The Call Of The South 1908 Lynch himself charged into the mass, swinging his billy and his free fist and laying others out one after the other. Out Like a Light The hill billy had gone to town early in the afternoon, and would return directly to the Chandler ranch where he was still on guard at nights. The Desert Fiddler When they brought in their gold in a little tin billy, the men did not seem at all elated by their good fortune. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Night came swiftly, and, as the two friends ate their supper, and drank their strong "billy" tea, the stars came out, and the heavy dew began to fall upon the grass. Tom Gerrard No," and I pointed to my gun, bag, and billy can, "I have just come from there. The Call Of The South 1908 At the present day, a goodly proportion of sundowners and other Australian pedestrians carry billies at their waist belts and treasure them with great care.” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The hill billy's forehead wrinkled and his eyes looked off into empty space. The Desert Fiddler What do you say to putting the billy on to boil?” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites "Well, my dear little laddie, I was there a year ago, camped there for a couple of days, and did a little washing out—with two quart billy cans for a dish." Tom Gerrard After some difficulty we managed to gather twigs from the tree sufficient to make a "billy" of tea. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The barkeeper handed me a "billy," and I strolled back to the barber shop, where several of them were gathered together. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi "Yes, I remember it," said the hill billy, plucking an extra large boll of lint. The Desert Fiddler "Bucksome," repeated Peace, with the picture of a bucking billy goat uppermost in her mind, and wondering how a maiden could be bucksome. Heart of Gold “Now come along and let’s boil the billy, and make some damper and tea.” The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range When I awoke in the grey dawn Joe had already risen, lit the fire, packed his swag, and brewed our last pinch of tea in the billy. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer They all rushed in, and I began to lay them out as fast as I could with the billy. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi As my dad says," remarked the hill billy, "this Chink has held on to the handle of the plow without ever looking back. The Desert Fiddler Two of the billy goats were quite large, one possessing a very fine pair of horns. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Will had his billy cart pushed up where he could clap Glen on the shoulder and tell him again how glad he was to see him safe and sound. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow One morning, when brewing a billy of tea in a small rocky basin, I heard the sound of trampling. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Lynch himself charged into the mass, swinging his billy and his free fist, and laying others out one after the other. The Impossibles Josh is right whin he calls him a human billy goat, so he is. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie The two billy goats had often been harnessed together, so they got along quite amiably on the trip to the Military Academy. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box "March!" and he gave the wretched Hapgood a smart tap with his improvised billy that sent him on several paces. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Close to where he lay stood a billy half full of cold tea. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Malone and the lieutenant stepped nimbly aside as another cop careened by them, waving his billy helplessly. The Impossibles Yes, that looks like the billy for you. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Bewildered by the confinement, and not at all liking the way in which he had been dressed up, the big billy goat hurled himself straight at the teacher. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Moral suasion tends to supersede the birch stick and the policeman's billy. Society Its Origin and Development A native was hired to carry the board up and down the creek, beating an old tin billy to attract attention. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer “Yes, but some one ought to light the fire and set the billy to boil.” To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Then he tipped the tea—post and rails we used to call it—into our tin pannikins, and proceeded to boil part of a cabbage in the billy for the invalid. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas A billy is a large cross-handled saucepan to boil water in and make our tea. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales “I have raked the fire together, sir, and put the billy on to byle,” said Smith,—“not meaning you, messmate.” Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track He used to fetch a sheep's pluck every day and make soup of it in a billy. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He returned to the hut, replenished the fire, and the billy was boiling ready for its pinch of tea, and the newly made cake baking, by the time Abel opened his eyes and sighed. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze To these I added a billy of water from the creek, and stirred the lot together with a big stick. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas That’s the first thing we do out here when we halt for the night: light a fire and put on the billy.” First in the Field A Story of New South Wales “The billy is boiling,” said the sergeant to his chief, in a confidential tone, “and the bullocks would be all the better for an hour’s feed, sir.” A Dash from Diamond City This was more than my nerves could stand, so after filling the billy and the canteens with water, we retired to a spot a few hundred yards away, up the hillside. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He ought to have been up and had a good fire, and the billy boiling. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Mr. Murphy's roving eyes caught sight of the billy, just then reflectively nibbling an old shoe that had been flung into the pen. The Corner House Girls at School Four hands of each of the creatures held heavy leather billies, and could be used only in striking with those weapons, the remaining hands being left free to employ as the owner saw fit. Spacehounds of IPC Seems at last she got the idea he was grouchy at her about something; and when he didn't deny, or come to the front with any reason—why, she just quit sendin' the billy ducks. Torchy A good, substantial "billy", covered with black leather and weighted with lead. A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" She's not an isolated hill billy that goes to town on Saturdays and anchors herself in the doorway of the five-and-ten-cent store to visit and gawk around. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story "We like him, anyhow," said Freddie, laughing and patting the billy. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island If he's a sailorman from New York," Jack put in, "he'll eat corn out of your hand, like a billy goat! Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box "Why——why, it's a dandy, little, red cart that we harness a billy goat to, 'stead of a pony or horse." Mary's Rainbow "Whack!" went the "billy"—there was a loud grunt, and old "Tow Breeches" spun 'round like a top, and cut the "pigeon wing," while his nose spouted blood. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales "In twenty-four hours after we get hold of him, we can have him eating corn out of our hands, like a billy goat." The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier Almost every man carried a "billy" slung on to the hook at the back of his tunic, a habit learnt from the Australians. With Our Army in Palestine As the men leaped forward both Oscar and Cad drew short billies—drew them so quickly that the men did not observe them until they felt them. Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Didn't you girls ever see a billy goat? Mary's Rainbow "Whack!" went the "billy" again, and old "Hickory Shirt" turned a somersault backwards and rose "a-runnin'." Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Presently it was burning brightly, the billy was filled with water from the water-bottle, and tea was in a fair way of being prepared. The Lost Valley Then the billy was placed precariously on the heap and in a few minutes you would see the tiny fires all along the column. With Our Army in Palestine They had a god, once, something basically like a billy goat, but he let them get licked in a couple of battles, so out he went. Temple Trouble It would be ever so much better if you would bring your billy cart and come to live at Bird-a-Lea. Mary's Rainbow At slaps the billies halt a blink, Till lasses strip their shoon: Wi’ faith an’ hope, an’ love an’ drink, They’re a’ in famous tune For crack that day. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Moira, however, had forestalled me; the billy was already full, and she but awaited me to adjust the tripod of sticks that held it in its place over the fire. The Lost Valley But it isn't th' geese we think on at th' fourteenth o' this month, it's th' little ducks, an' th' billy dux. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley There was enough water in their flasks for a "billy" of tea, and by the time they had finished their meal the darkness was on them. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa But it isn't th' geese we think on at th' fourteenth o' this month i'ts th' little ducks, an' th' billy dux. Yorkshire Ditties, First Series To Which Is Added The Cream Of Wit And Humour From His Popular Writings The billy was on the blazing fire, and Done sat watching Mike smartly mixing a damper in the lid. In the Roaring Fifties ‘Come on,’ cried Merton, with a slight touch of intoxication in his voice; ‘come on billies, a’ freens here!’ and he cast a glance of affection behind him at the other occupants of the carriage. The Disentanglers Suddenly, however, an astute billy with a flowing beard came to the rescue. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy A 'billy' is the tin pot in which the bushman boils his tea; a 'pannikin,' the tin bowl out of which he drinks it. Town Life in Australia Then she started up the street, brandishing the trunk before her like a policeman's billy and "roomping" in hoarse warning to those who encumbered her path. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul The men ate hungrily, sitting about in the light of the fire, drinking the hot tea from pannikins and from the billy lid, and as they ate they talked. In the Roaring Fifties Put down your billies, and go and be shot also,' and then at once to have changed his mind: 'Never mind, my boy, get the water.' In the Shadow of Death Five is a fine gang; sides, we don't want fellers what ain't got billies. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy A second blackfellow, seeing him so ready to give, took the loan of his tin billy, with some tea and sugar in it, and some boiled mutton and damper. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes without cooking utensils other than the regulation billy. Outdoor Sports and Games The cattle came to a standstill, and while the others busied themselves unyoking the team, one man went off through the trees, and presently returned, carrying a billy he had just filled. In the Roaring Fifties Duck and twist and turn and sidestep all we want, at the end it's right there waiting for us, with a loaded billy up its sleeve: Ours! Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The miners began to come in at length, with heavy footsteps, swinging their crib billies, calling to each other in gruff voices. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Julia was boiling the billy for tea, and her husband was chopping firewood outside. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned And you, too,"—with a flicker of his closing eyelids threatening the flicker on the beams— "you, too, doomed, my billies! Nicky-Nan, Reservist The teamsters were not averse to boiled duck and broth for breakfast, and the two billies were soon steaming on the camp-fire, while the company yarned and smoked. In the Roaring Fifties "Am I to read this here billy doo?" he wanted to know. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today It was a melancholy pleasure to him to see the searcher pawing his clothes about, digging into his pockets and his billy, and examining his boots. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy At Adams' store he bought a camp oven, an earthenware stew-pot, a milk pan, a billy, two pannikins, two spoons, a whittle, and a fork. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned He had tapped the billy and the mugs with a wise finger, giving them advice about soaking their boots in linseed oil for a few days. Captivity The tea was made, and the big billy stood by the embers, while Aurora attended to the grilling of the steak. In the Roaring Fifties So he carries what he calls a "tucker bag" to hold his provisions; also, almost more important—his "billy can" or tea-pot.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Frank came straight up from below and into the searcher's shed, an' Shine found the gold in his crib bag, which was rolled up, an' forced under the handle of his billy.' The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy It was a generally useful knife, and with it he foot-rotted sheep, stirred the tea in his billy, and cut beef and damper, sticks, and tobacco. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The depression of the night had gone; neither of them mentioned it; they talked of trivialities until they halted for lunch and drank a billy full of lukewarm tea. Captivity Jim picked up his billy and crossed to his own tent, the man in the barrel breaking into fresh clamour, and calling down Heaven's vengeance on his son's head through the bunghole. In the Roaring Fifties Mora, noting that he was not being assisted by his brother officers, drew his billy and struck the Negro on the head. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics "That settles it," was everyone's good-night to Blinder, but he only answered thoughtfully, "There's a fierce fight going on, my billies." Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood We led the billy away, him hangin' his head for shame at his nakedness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 They filled the billy from their water-bottles and, making a fire with the scorched scrub, had it boiling in a few moments. Captivity Done set down his billy, and, approaching the tent, peeped in. In the Roaring Fifties In defending himself against the combined attack of two officers with a billy and their guns upon him, Charles shot Officer Mora and escaped. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics "Now we are going to have billy tea as they make it in the bush in Australia," said Dermot, opening the canister and dropping tea from it into the boiling water. The Elephant God Yet if brass buttons, a cork hat and a "billy" are the emblems of guardianship and probity, the country boy has the right argument on his side, and the casuist none at all. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 She looked at the shining billy and big enamelled mugs they had bought that day, at the bright brown leather straps that smelt so pleasantly new, fastened round two grey and two brown blankets. Captivity We have just breakfasted; there is tea in the billy.' In the Roaring Fifties Push back the flap over Jack's face and you will see a club like a policeman's billy. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The Marshal smiles a genial smile And retires to snooze for a little while, To dream of billies and dirks and slings, The calaboose and such pleasant things. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 I get a few jail-sentences, once in a while; now and then a crack over the head with a policeman's billy, or maybe a peek down the muzzle of a rifle. The Air Trust My sister sat down on a hollow log and wept, out of sheer vexation of spirit, while I lit a fire to boil the billy and grill the three remaining mullet. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories His hand fell on the collar of Po Lun's antagonist; a policeman's "billy" cracked upon his skull. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Barbs," he said, "you're an old silly billy, and I love you with all my heart and soul. The Penalty And the billy was up on his hind feet with his horns caught in the fullest barrel, and was snorting and snuffling in a drowning condition and tilting the barrel perilously. Casey Ryan Tea boiled in a billy at a bush fire has a deliciously aromatic flavour, and I enjoyed my birthday lunch immensely. My Brilliant Career Then, feeling confident of the success of our murderous device, we finished the billy of tea and went back to our fishing. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories Missed my train—got to browsing round the town like an old billy goat. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth He cuts a great "fig" In the land where a coat is no part of the rig— In the country of damper and billies. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens If a billy goat butts you, beware that enemies do not get possession of your secrets or business plans. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition For the wooden fence leading up to the bridge had caught fire, and it was burning like billy oh. The Wouldbegoods "Come on, Rupe," he suggested, feebly, "let Herman go, and let's us make our billies out of the rake handle." Penrod Instantly a dozen of the guard sprang toward it, some man pulled his pistol, a billy cracked straightway on his head, and in a few minutes order was restored. A Knight of the Cumberland TRIP, TRAP!' went the bridge, for the billy- goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under him. Popular Tales from the Norse For a woman to dream of riding a billy goat, denotes that she will be held in disrepute because of her coarse and ill-bred conduct. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The path by which the billy barrier is penetrated is difficult, and in some places dangerous. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time The fire was blazing and the billy boiling, but of the other Billy no trace existed. A Little Bush Maid |
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