Willum

"Willum," said Mrs. Pugsley one day, "to-morrow I'm coming to see they pigs of yours; bless their fat sides!"

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 Various

How Farmer 'Willum' chuckled over it -- especially to think that we had cut out the game from the very batteries of the enemy!

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

Early one December morning, Orion and I started, with our man Little John, to ferret a double-mound for our old friend Farmer 'Willum' at Redcote.

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

Farmer 'Willum' stretch his bulky length in his old armchair, right before the middle of the great fire of logs on the hearth, twiddling his huge thumbs, and every now and then indulging in a hearty laugh, followed by a sip at the 'straight-cup.'

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

There was a stag's horn over the staircase: 'Willum' loved to tell how it came there.

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

Day after day, when the tedium of doing nothing under Dame Datchett's superintendence was insufficiently relieved to Jan's active mind by pinching "Willum" till he giggled, or playing cat's-cradle with one of his foster - brothers, did he welcome the sight of a flock of pigs with their keeper, scuttling past the Dame's door, and rushing snorting to the stream.

Jan of the Windmill Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

An 'Willum' ll write back, with that power an 'brevity for which he is celebrated, -- ` Wopper, my lad, all right; fire away.

Rivers of Ice 1859

They also talked of the last illness of the deceased father of the family; and when it came out that Captain (they had found out by that time that their visitor had been a skipper, and, by courtesy, a captain), had assisted "Willum" in nursing Mr Stoutley, and had followed him to the grave, Mrs Stoutley's gratitude was such that she insisted on her visitor staying to dinner.

Rivers of Ice 1859

“I’ll call Willum,” Steven said, heading for the cockpit.

House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002

“I’ll call Willum,” Steven said, heading for the cockpit.

House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002