Little Willie
/ˌlɪtl ˈwɪli/noun
1 Informal (A name for) an ordinary or insignificant, or a foolish or incompetent, man.
2A name given to any of various items of military equipment, specifically a long-range German shell or gun and an early experimental tank.
3A name given to a German communications trench near the village of Loos on the Western Front.
Origin
Early 20th century. From little + Willie, pet form of the male forename William.
- spline
- spline curve
- splint
- splint bone
- splinter
- splinter bar
- splinter group
- splinter party
- splinter-proof
- splintery
- split
- splitboard
- split-brain
- split decision
- split end
- split hairs
- split-half
- split image
- split infinitive
- split-level
- split one's sides (also split a gut)
- split pea
- split-personality disorder
- split-phase
- split pin