eyewinker

American  

[ahy-wing-ker] / ˈaɪˌwɪŋ kər /

noun

1. an eyelash.

2. anything that enters or irritates the eye and causes blinking.

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Etymology

Origin of eyewinker

First recorded in 1800–10; eyewink + -er ¹

Example Sentences

They've got you between them, an' if you bat an eyewinker they'll down you.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden

If the eyewinker is not seen again, the wish will come true.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

Put an eyewinker down inside your clothes, wish, and you’ll get your wish.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

Put an eyewinker on the back of the hand, knock that hand with the other so as to throw the eyewinker over the shoulder, and at the same time wish.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

It ain't addin' a heap to the morals of the outfit for the men to know a man can rustle cattle that promiscuous—an' the boss not battin' an eyewinker.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden