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Weary Willie
noun
a person who is perpetually tired, sad and pessimistic US
From the character portrayed by circus clown Emmett Kelly (1898–1979).- And she is always flippin’ the lip about him bein’ such a weary Willie, the citizens of the burg, even the hepcats, mark him solid. — Haenigsen, Jive’s Like That, 1947
- I’m fed up with all these Weary Willies saying “Thou shalt not. Thou shalt not.” Yes, we fuckin’ shall. — Christopher Brookmyre [quoting Billy Connolly], Not the End of the World, p. 303, 1998
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