willy wagtail

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noun

a large black-and-white bird, Rhipidura leucophrys, of Australia and New Guinea, having bristles around the upper bill and a long, fanlike tail.

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How to use willy wagtail in a sentence

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But it was his Willy Loman that theater audiences of recent years will remember.
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You will remember that when you came to our assistance outside Meerut she was determined to take us, willy-nilly, to Delhi.
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Little Willy Gay looked at that picture very carefully, and soon made practical use of it, as I will tell you.
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From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.
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So much, at least, we had gained—we were no longer being carried willy-nilly out of our way.
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When Willy was two years old, he lived in a red farmhouse with a yard in front of it.
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British Dictionary definitions for willy wagtail

willy wagtail

noun

Australian a black-and-white flycatcher, Rhipidura leucophrys, having white feathers over the brows

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