Winkle-picker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Winkle-picker is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland) A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland) A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
More Meanings
- An implement used to extract the flesh of a periwinkle from its shell.
- (also attributively) A style of boot or shoe with a severely pointed toe, fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.
Example Sentences
Annie-John, the winkle picker, in men’s boots and a man’s overcoat went by with an empty bucket.
’[…] Clever bugger. He’s got us nice and tight in here. It’ll take a winkle-picker to get us out.’
Get yourself a pin or a winkle picker, hoik them out [of their shells], dunk them in the shallot vinegar.
“Anyway, she can’t have got much pleasure out of him. If it’s owt like the rest of him she’d need a winkle-picker to find it.”
Word Forms
- winkle-pickers
- winklepicker
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include winklepicker, winker, whipper snapper, eye-winker, whizzer, picker-up.
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