Backbiter's Billycock

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The Spy

The Backbiter's Billycock is a headwear item for the Spy. It appears as a team-colored Template:W with a lighter-colored stripe that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava.

The hat description was written by caeonosphere for the Hat Describing Contest.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Backbiter's Billycock E6E6E6.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock D8BED8.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock C5AF91.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Backbiter's Billycock A57545.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock CF7336.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock E7B53B.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Backbiter's Billycock E9967A.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock FF69B4.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 7D4071.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Backbiter's Billycock 2F4F4F.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 424F3B.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 808000.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Backbiter's Billycock 32CD32.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Backbiter's Billycock A89A8C.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 839FA3.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 3B1F23.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Backbiter's Billycock B8383B.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 5885A2.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 483838.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Backbiter's Billycock 803020.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 256D8D.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 654740.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Backbiter's Billycock C36C2D.png Painted Backbiter's Billycock B88035.png RED Backbiter's Billycock.png BLU Backbiter's Billycock.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch

  • This hat was made paintable.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • Paint affects this hat's color more, colors are less washed out.

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The hat's painting texture was improved.

Trivia

  • The Billycock (also known as a Template:W) was originally designed for horseback riders. The tighter-fitting brim and relatively low crown made it harder to topple off its owner's head. Some people had complained of low tree branches knocking off their silk top hats, which were the preferred style of the gentry at the time.
  • A "Backbiter" is a person who says nasty things about others, a reference to the Spy's tendency to badmouth opponents. It is also a reference to the Spy's penchant for backstabbing.