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Will I, nill I

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whether I, you, or he will it or not; hence, without choice; compulsorily; - commonly abbreviated to willy nilly.
- J. H. Newman.

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Will I, nill I, the ineffable thing has tied me to him; tows me with a cable I have no knife to cut.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
When, therefore, the fair Scheherazade insisted upon marrying the king, and did actually marry him despite her father's excellent advice not to do any thing of the kind -- when she would and did marry him, I say, will I, nill I, it was with her beautiful black eyes as thoroughly open as the nature of the case would allow.
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherezade by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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