noun
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a young, attractive gay man with a slim, boyish appearance.
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(in a role-playing game) a low-level character who is equipped with advanced-level armor and weapons obtained from a high-level character, as a gift or through real money trade.
Check out the overpowered gear on the twink who just joined our group.
noun
Etymology
Origin of twink1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English twinken; cognate with German zwinken “to wink”; akin to twinkle
Origin of twink2
First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of twinkie “a gay or effeminate man; a younger male regarded as an object of gay male desire”; commonly associated with Twinkie, a trademark for a kind of small, oblong cake with a creamy filling
Example Sentences
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"Then there was an almost musical twink, and deep, deep silence inside me."
From Time Magazine Archive
His heart gave a jump, and in a twink he had set his back against it, grasping a rope to check his heave....
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
But Uncle Wiggily only pinkled his twink nose.
From Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Howard Roger Garis
“Please, Aunt Tabitha, if you have half a twink to spare—I know not what it is, but I suppose you do—won’t you go and find out Aunt Alice?”
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
And in a twink John Willie saw his mistake.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
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