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n. Plural form of winkle.

"Arrived at the fish-market, conger eels as big as Win's wrist, and four or five feet long, crabs two feet across the shells, lobsters blue rather than green, enormous scallops, huge stacks of oysters, cockles and snails, the so-called winkles, greeted the astonished eyes of the young people."

winkled    winkles    winkling   

get out    bring out    seafood    sea snail    beam   

Wikipedia article on the winkle (gastropod)    winkle out   

dinkel    finckle    finkle    kinkle    sprinkle   

wankle    patibility    step    swinge    ormer