Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years.
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Winkle
//ˈwɪŋkəl//
Synonyms for "winkle" (73 found)
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2 translations across 2 languages.
French
1 entries- zizi noun (children's slang: the penis)
Italian
1 entries- pisello noun (children's slang: the penis)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
[…] 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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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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