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winkered

winkered adjective: wearing winkers or blinders. (of a horse or other domesticated animal).

Adjective

winkered (not comparable)

  1. Wearing winkers or blinders. (of a horse or other domesticated animal)
    • They are mounting him for the mule race will be run upon the sands. That’s the playboy on the winkered mule.1907, John Millington Synge, “The Playboy of the Western World”, in Dublin and London, Maunsel, published 1911, Act III, pp. 93-94
    Synonyms:
    blindered, blinkered

Synonyms of winkered

Origin of winkered

From winker + -ed.

Questions about winkered

What does winkered mean?
Winkered means wearing winkers or blinders. (of a horse or other domesticated animal).
What part of speech is winkered?
Winkered is an adjective.

Words near winkered in the dictionary

  1. Winkelmanns
  2. Winkelmans
  3. Winkels
  4. Winkelses
  5. winker
  6. winkered
  7. winkers
  8. winketh
  9. Winkey
  10. Winkeys
  11. winkfest

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