willie
Collocations
5ADJ.
blind, hearty, nice, original
VERB + WILLIE
agreed, read
WILLIE + NOUN
farmer, hall, host, johnson, movie, thee, wonka
PREP.
in, off
ADV.
accidentally, finally, then
Definitions
noun
Alternative spelling of willy
name
A diminutive of the male given name William.
Well agreed, Willie; then sit thee down, swain; Such a song never heardest thou but Colin sing.
Not one of his old friends but had been taken to task, in Willie's familiar note of boyish plaintiveness: "Why don't you call me by my own name? I never did like 'Willie' - 'William' isn't so bad. But the other sounds like pinafores and bed sheets."
A diminutive of the female given name Wilhelmina or a feminine diminutive of William, often in the form Willie Mae.
Most of the names sounded white. There was Willie Mae Jones, Leroy Washington, Roosevelt Tucker, Bessie Lou Bean, and a few other black names. But the list looked awfully pale.
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6Well agreed, Willie; then sit thee down, swain; Such a song never heardest thou but Colin sing.
WiktionaryNot one of his old friends but had been taken to task, in Willie's familiar note of boyish plaintiveness: "Why don't you call me by my own name? I never did like 'Willie' - 'William' isn't so bad. But
WiktionaryBut the professor's voice had risen slightly in a question as he read "Jimmy Willie Hall" off the class card. The professor had intended no rudeness and he made this clear by nodding in acknowledgemen
Wiktionary"That's very nice of you," Willie answered.
Tatoeba · #1517After a hearty dinner, Willie thanked the host.
Tatoeba · #51371Willie accidentally let off his father's shotgun and made a hole in the wall.
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