winkle-picker

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Synonyms: winklepicker, winkle picker

Antonyms: winklepicker, winkle picker

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|UK|Ireland}} A person who [[harvest]]s [[periwinkle]]s {{gloss|a kind of sea snail}} to be eaten.
2. An [[implement]] used to [[extract]] the [[flesh]] of a periwinkle from its shell.
3. {{lb|en|also|attributively}} A [[style]] of [[boot]] or [[shoe]] with a [[severely]] [[pointed]] [[toe]], [[fashionable]] in the 1950s and 1960s.

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