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From Billy as a diminutive of William, and wiggle + stick as a reinterpretation of Shakespeare as shake + spear.
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From Billy as a diminutive of William, and wiggle + stick as a reinterpretation of Shakespeare as shake + spear.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.