Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years.
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Winkle
/ˈwɪŋkəl/
Synonyms for "winkle" (19 found)
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11 entriescommon winkleedible winkleintertidal snaillittoral snailmarine snailwinkle open a lidwinkle out a secretwinkle out datawinkle out informationwinkle shellwinkle the lid off
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[…] 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.
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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.
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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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