Definition of Bilbies

1. Noun. (plural of bilby) ¹

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Definition of Bilbies

1. bilby [n] - See also: bilby

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilbies

bilaterality
bilaterally
bilaterally symmetric
bilaterally symmetrical
bilateran
bilaterian
bilaterians
bilats
bilayer
bilayered
bilayerlike
bilayers
bilberries
bilberry
bilberrying
bilbies (current term)
bilbo
bilboa
bilboas
bilboe
bilboes
bilboquet
bilboquets
bilbos
bilby
bilcock
bilcocks
bildungsroman
bildungsromans
bile

Literary usage of Bilbies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"On the Darling bae blocks I have heard them styl i bilbies — their aboriginal name, i presume. What the direct reas ! may be is unknown—whether destined ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1916)
"It has been surmised that the broad arrow indicated the gift of royalty, but it is more likely to be the trade stamp, or device, of the bilbies. ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"Zagazig, near bilbies, they leave the choice of the best mode of executing it to the judgment of the engineers to whom the works will be intrusted. lu. ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Zagazig, near bilbies, they leave the choice of the best mode of executing it to the judgment of the engineers to whom the works will be intrusted. 12. ..."

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