weary willie

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   United States circus clown (1898-1979)

   SynonymsKellyEmmett Kelly

   Broaderclown

Questions about weary willie

What does weary willie mean?

weary willie means "United States circus clown (1898-1979)".

What is another word for weary willie?

Close synonyms include Kelly, Emmett Kelly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weary willie a common word?

weary willie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.