Billy Dee

English

Etymology

After American actor Billy Dee Williams, who promoted the beer in the late 1980s (and again in 2016).

Noun

Billy Dee (uncountable)

1. (slang) Colt 45, an American brand of malt liquor.
   • 1999 July 20, “U-Way (How We Do It)”, in Against da Grain‎^[1], performed by YoungBloodZ:

     So how we do it when we do it shawty, you-WAAYYY / That Billy Dee got me slizzard like, you-WAAYYY

   • 2012 October 16, “Billy's Gun”‎^[2]performed by Dijon:

     What's up bitch, I'm sippin' Billy Dee / Keep a 44 stuffed in my dungarees