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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO GIVE SOMEONE THE "WILLIES."
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING IS TO MAKE SOMEONE UNEASY. INFORMANT DOES NOT
KNOW THE ORIGIN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-21-1970