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vb. (en-past of: winkle)
Usage examples of "winkled".
He wasn't chuckling by the time his grandfather, very much Earth Prime throughout the lengthy interview, had winkled every scrap of all the conversations Thian had overheard in the Washington's ready room, and had Thian repeat his reply to Spktm - a rhetoric which made Thian squirm on the couch as he recited it.
Twisting the rope about one wrist, she then winkled herself out of the garment and rinsed it thoroughly.
He had winkled it out of the villagers, and the servants who lived in the village, just as he had winkled out so many other things.
Within an hour, slaves scrambled down rope ladders while master masons winkled free keystones.
Once he had winkled out the complete details of our last encounter he was ready to go.