billy

Example Sentences

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We could see into that Holiday Inn through its plate glass windows and observe cops walking around its lobby with billy clubs, keeping a watchful eye on us.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Where bambinos, billy goats and boogeymen curse entire teams.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

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.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

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.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman