Crossword-Solution: BILLET
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Billet | n. | A small paper; a note; a short letter. |
| Billet | n. | A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence. |
| Billet | v. t. | To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. |
| Billet | n. | A small stick of wood, as for firewood. |
| Billet | n. | A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. |
| Billet | n. | An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. |
| Billet | n. | A strap which enters a buckle. |
| Billet | n. | A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. |
| Billet | n. | A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BILLET | anagram | ILLBET |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with BILLET (5)
She was too clever to overdo her part, and made no further allusions to the supposed _billet doux_, which had caused Sir Andrew Ffoulkes such an agonising five minutes.
John then opened the billet with apparent agitation, which visibly and greatly increased when he had perused the contents, which were expressed in these words: “_Take heed to yourself for the Devil is unchained!_” The Prince turned as pale as death, looked first on the earth, and then up to heaven, like a man who has received news that sentence of execution has been passed upon him.
Crayton, from whom she had no doubt but she should obtain immediate relief as soon as her distress was made known; she had no sooner formed this resolution than she resolved immediately to put it in execution: she therefore wrote the following little billet to Mrs.
The Shame of Going Back When you've come to make a fortune and you haven't made your salt, And the reason of your failure isn't anybody's fault -- When you haven't got a billet, and the times are very slack, There is nothing that can spur you like the shame of going back; Crawling home with empty pockets, Going back hard-up; Oh! it's then you learn the meaning of humiliation's cup.
See Billet a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a clothÏcovered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions.
Quotes with BILLET (3)
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain.(Mind the latter, how it’s written.) Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. But b…
This piece of earth I billet grows small. Bullets of time dart past, dropping shards of opportunity at my feet. And until the rift that surrounds my decaying body clamps shut — swallows me up like so many remains — I army on, simultaneously ignoring and saving my comrades in the hole. Such is a writer’s life.
And that reminds me, Mama! I have just intercepted another of that puppy’s floral offerings to my sister. This billet was attached to it.” (Charles)
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 34 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).