billypot

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billypot

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Scottish, from 19th century. The Australian usage is sometimes claimed to be related to billabong.

noun billypots · billy-pot

Scotland A cooking pot. c. 1882-1898, Francis James Child, Child's Collected Ballads, 12: Lord Randall, “What did she boil it in, Willie doo, Willie doo?” “She boild it in the billy-pot; die shall I now!”
Australia A billycan used to boil tea.

Similar: billy, billycan

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Similar: billy, billycan

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@misc{billypot_2026,
  title = {billypot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/billypot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}