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(now rare, obsolete or historical) One who operates a device for willying..
Though Socialism is rampant amongst certain of the Yorkshire wool workers, there have been singularly few disturbances in this trade, and the Masters' Associations were more or less moribund until 1906, when there was a sudden strike of willyers and fettlers, which had the effect of stimulating them.
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Willyer means (now rare, obsolete or historical) One who operates a device for willying..
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Though Socialism is rampant amongst certain of the Yorkshire wool workers, there have been singularly few disturbances in this trade, and the Masters' Associations were more or less moribund until 1906, when there was a sudden strike of willyers and fettlers, which had the effect of stimulating them.
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