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willyers

willyers is the plural of willyer.

Meaning of willyer

Noun

willyer (plural willyers)

  1. (archaic, historical, obsolete) One who operates a device for willying.
    • Though Socialism is rampant amongst certain of the Yorkshire wool workers, there have been singularly few disturbances in this trade, and the Masters' Associations were more or less moribund until 1906, when there was a sudden strike of willyers and fettlers, which had the effect of stimulating...1913, Charles Watney, Industrial Warfare, the Aims and Claims of Capital and Labour

Questions about willyers

What is willyers the plural of?
Willyers is the plural of willyer.

Words near willyers in the dictionary

  1. willyamite
  2. Willyams
  3. Willyard
  4. Willyards
  5. willyer
  6. willyers
  7. willying
  8. Willys
  9. willywagtail
  10. willywagtails
  11. willywaw

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