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Kenji Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Billy the Kid

Hello.

I live in Japan. There is a very famous karaoke bar named "Billy the Kid".

What does that mean? "name the noun" ...what is this?

The kid who was named Billy? I looked into the Japanese-English dictionary, but I couldn't find the explanation of this usage. Thank you.
  

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org/wiki/Billy_the_kid

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the kid/child/young man Billy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_kid
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It was the nickname of an infamous outlaw. See the wiki link.
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Thank you. Your comments are very useful. See you! Kenji

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