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Word entry · 6 letters

winkle

Best crossword clue

"Small edible sea snail"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪŋkəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eiklnwStarts with WEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove or displace from a position

Used in a sentence

  • […] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre.
  • Shrimps and winkles are the staple commodities of the afternoon trade, which lasts from three to half-past five in the evening. These articles are generally bought by the working-classes for their tea.
  • Sometimes late at night men would come in with a pail of winkles they had bought cheap, and share them out.

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