winkle

Particle object:

• trout: Before Alex arrived I did a little exploring winkling out some nice trout here and there and around about.
• couple: A gold headed hare lug nymph winkled out a couple of trout and it was glorious.

Converse of object

• collect: People collect winkles from the local beaches and then sell them on to shellfish suppliers.

Adjective modifier

• small: Small rough winkles and the occasional hardy barnacles gain enough shelter here to survive.

Modifies a noun

• picker: Being the sixties, the fashion of the day were winkle pickers, shoes or boots where the front ended in a sharp point.
• shell: Other finds included fragments of medieval pottery and hundreds of edible winkle shells which were also used for fishing bait.
• stall: I might have mistaken it for any number of lazy provincial towns but for the sight of a winkle stall down from the station.