billy-go-fister

[Scot LaFaive]

>Could "Billy-go" allude to billy goat?

A goat punch, like a donkey punch or monkey punch?

Scot LaFaive



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> >"A hard blow with the fist." Esp. to the abdomen? I believe this obsolete
> >term is in HDAS but I've seen it rarely:
> >
> >  1863 _Hooley's Oper House Songster_ (N.Y.: Dick & FitzGerald) 62: One
> >Billy-go-fister I gave,/ Which caused her to grunt and to grin agin.
> >
> >  Now what rhymes with "grin agin"?...
> >
> >  JL
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>There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
>He grew whiskers on his chinnegan
>The wind ame along & blew them in ag'in
>Poor old Michael Finnegan.Begin ag'in.
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>Could "Billy-go" allude to billy goat?
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