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  • Busshard, who made his mittamouse; and the pore youth was sent to prison upon the false oaf of a willian, that wanted to sware his life away for the looker of cain.

    The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

  • I was forced to get into it, and was followed by the willian.

    The Hidden Hand 1888

  • "Thin," says he, the willian, "Och hon! and a woolly-wou, pully-wou," and thin wid that he shoved up his two shoulders, till the divil the bit of his head was to be diskivered, and thin he let down the two corners of his purraty-trap, and thin not the bit more of the satisfaction could I git out o 'the spalpeen.

    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1840

  • "Thin," says he, the willian, "Och hon! and a wolly-wou, pully-wou," and then wid that he shoved up his two shoulders till the divil the bit of his hid was to be diskivered, and then he let down the two corners of his purraty-trap, and thin not a haporth more of the satisfaction could

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

  • "Because he's a willian!" returned Jack between his grated teeth.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • Spike was comely then, though I acknowledge he's a willian.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • That Spike 's a willian, and the gold was too good for him.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • Jack was mollified by this, and he let his feeling be seen, though he said no more than to mutter, "He's a willian!" words that had frequently issued from his lips within the last day or two.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • He's an up-and-down willian, and a body can make no more, nor any less of him.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • There 's a great deal to admire, and a great deal to like in Stephen Spike, but he's a reg'lar willian.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

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