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winkle-picker

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winkle picker (plural winkle pickers)

Alternative spelling of winkle-picker

(UK, Ireland) A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.

An implement used to extract the flesh of a periwinkle from its shell.
Synonym: winkle pin

A style of boot or shoe with a severely pointed toe, fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.
Synonym: roach stomper

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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winkle picker

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