Willingdon
Americannoun
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Sumit Vaswani, a Mumbai-based consultant who advises new private members-only clubs, still favors the Willingdon Sports Club founded in 1917 by Lord Willingdon, then the governor of Bombay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
But suddenly the faithful, honest, hard-working beast of England is being linked with West Ham United, Fulham, Milan, and Alfred Simmonds of Willingdon.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2012
On the great, white stairs of Government House stood the retiring Viceroy, long-jawed, lean Freeman Freeman-Thomas, first Earl of Willingdon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tall, slender, pink-&-white-complexioned Willingdon mannequins will show models just created by the London branches of Worth, Paquin, Molyneux and Lachasse, plus others by Norman Hartnell, Victor Stiebel, Digby Morton, Peter Russell and tweedy Creed.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly silence he read: “ ‘Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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