Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small whirl of wind carrying up black clouds of dust and often leaves and grass. [Interior of Australia.]
- noun A violent storm of wind and rain on the northwest coast of Australia.
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- noun Australia Alternative spelling of
willy willy : a severetropical cyclone ordust devil .
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Examples
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And there are laws governing amphethemine use, which almost assuredly included filling large coffee pots full of "lead," as they would call it, or dispensing greenies willy-willy.
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Often a monsoon is pre-cursed by a dust storm that grows out of the desert like a willy-willy.
Cam Riley 2010
hernesheir commented on the word willy-willy
The name for an Australian wind.
September 21, 2011
bilby commented on the word willy-willy
See willy willy.
September 21, 2011