willet

How to use willet in a sentence

• We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John willet.

  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow

• The willet, or stone curlew as it is sometimes called, is a resident species, breeding from Washington to Mexico.

  Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom Payne

• Grandmamma would hardly let me pick up my kerchief, if I dropped it; I had to call willet, her woman, to give it to me.

  Out in the Forty-Five | Emily Sarah Holt

• He had a twin brother, willet, but he died when he was only five months old.

  Harper's Young People, July 19, 1881 | Various

• Ridge and Pitt and willet streets were quite steep and made splendid coasting places in winter.

  A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas