Billy-goat

Darkman, I always get this idea that there ought to be a brand of cheap and nasty port, called “Billy-goat Port”, that comes in 2-litre flagons complete with oversized brown paper bag.

Cheeseburger Gothic » A day without migraine - and foregrounding the background. 2009

Save that Metellus the eldest son of the Billy-goat Caprarius (he is a praetor this year) also thought it a good idea, and began to lobby for the same job.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

The daughter of Metellus Caprarius the Billy-goat, and sister of those three up-and-coming young men who are, alas, the best the Caecilii Metelli have produced in this generation.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Her informant was Mamercus, who had told her that the decision had not been reached with complete accord; Catulus opposed him, as did Metellus the eldest son of the Billy-goat.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Billy-goat -- "De billy-goat gits in his hardes 'licks when he looks like he gwine to back out of de fight."

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

They first went around to Caper's studio, where they had only to wait a short time before the milk-man came, driving the old Billy-goat up-stairs before him.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Not a boy on Billy-goat Hill but would have faced death to see the ex - prizefighter in a row.

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

Billy-goat Hill that their thirst might not be assuaged until after twelve o'clock on Sunday night.

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

The insult had been instantly resented in a battle so fierce and so bloody, that the details of it became historic in the annals of Billy-goat Hill.

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

The sudden light of publicity that had fallen upon the Cant-Pass-It saloon sent a glow over that entire region of Billy-goat Hill.

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906