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Willis

[wil-is]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of William.



Willis

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. Norman ( David ). born 1933, British trade union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1984–93)

  2. Ted. Baron Willis of Chislehurst. 1918–92, British author. His works include the play Hot Summer Night (1959) and the novel Death May Surprise Us (1974)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When you walk into Willis Wonderland, your eye doesn’t know where to land.

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“Nobody’s Fool,” which starred Paul Newman as an aging trouble-maker, earned Newman his second-to-last Oscar nomination and also starred Bruce Willis and Jessica Tandy.

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Willis Marshall was elected to represent the Woodhouse ward on Sheffield City Council in a by election in November at the age of 19.

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Pollock was selected instead of Toulouse flanker Jack Willis, Sale Sharks' Ben Curry and Scotland's Rory Darge, with Farrell admitting that, in the end, he did not need convincing about selecting the one-cap flanker.

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He's been sensational at Toulouse but if Farrell was prepared to wait for Kinghorn, then he hasn't afforded the same latitude to Englishman Willis.

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