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winkle-picker (wiŋ′kəl pik′ər)

noun

Brit., Slang a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe

Etymology: reason for name uncert.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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