winkle
noun
any of various marine gastropods; periwinkle.
winkles
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present tense formof winkle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Is it more like winkles, or like snails, or any of the other two dozen options, from kelp to cuttlefish?
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2018
The surface of the lake winkles in a mirrorflake curl, approaching them fast, and when the gust causing the cat's paw hits them, the boat heels hard.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2015
Spiced winkles and scampi provençal are the novel touches, alongside a lot of solid cheffyness.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
On summer days the family often picnicked on the beach, where father Hall had built a brick oven for feasts of winkles and horseshoe crabs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buyers flocked around the barrels and stalls to haggle over winkles, rJanM, and river pike.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
