Also willi-willi. [Native name.] In north-west Australia, a cyclonic storm or tornado. Also attrib.
1894. Age (Melbourne), 20 Jan., 13/4. A … report of a ‘Willy Willy’ in the north-west portion of West Australia.
1902. A. Macdonald, in Blackw. Mag., May, 646/2. I saw that the water question would also trouble us as soon as the pools formed by the willy-willy shower had evaporated.
