Obs. rare. [Ultimately identical with BILLET sb.1: in sense 1 perh. a mere corruption of that word; in sense 2 ad. It. bulletta.]

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  1.  = BILLET sb.1 4.

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1612.  Passenger of Benvenuto, 279 (N.). There is a bullet for the warrant of your lodging.

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  2.  A slip of paper on which the voter wrote the name of the candidate he supported. Cf. BULLETIN.

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1615.  G. Sandys, Travels, 230. Elected by the Great Master and his Knights, who giue their voices by bullets, as do the Venetians.

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