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who'll

[ hool ]
/ hul /

contraction of who will or who shall: Who'll mind the store?

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British Dictionary definitions for who'll

who'll
/ (huːl) /

contraction of

who will or who shall
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