bilboes

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To shake one's trotters at Bilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the fiddlers; perhaps the Bilboes ball, i.e. the ball of fetters: fetters and stocks were anciently called the bilboes.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

He lives at a place—a sort of hotel—which he calls the Bilboes.

From The Town Traveller by Gissing, George

With Gammon's help the cabman found his way to the Bilboes.

From The Town Traveller by Gissing, George

Scarcely a week passed before Greenacre wrote to him with a request for a meeting at the Bilboes.

From The Town Traveller by Gissing, George

He could not communicate with Greenacre, having no idea' where the man lived or where he was to be heard of; an inquiry at the Bilboes proved that he was not known there.

From The Town Traveller by Gissing, George