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winkle-hawks

winkle-hawks is the plural of winkle-hawk.

Meaning of winkle-hawk

Noun

winkle-hawk (plural winkle-hawks)

  1. (New-York, obsolete, rare) A rectangular tear or cut in clothing or any other fabric, shaped like a try square.
    • The spekilation ha'n't turned out just so good as I expected, but it might have been worse ; anyhow, it's a comfort to walk off without a winkle-hawk in one's character for 'cuteness.1861 July, “Norman Sinclair. An Autobiography”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 90, page 44

Questions about winkle-hawks

What is winkle-hawks the plural of?
Winkle-hawks is the plural of winkle-hawk.

Words near winkle-hawks in the dictionary

  1. winkle picker
  2. winkle pickers
  3. winkle squeeze
  4. winkle squeezes
  5. winkle-hawk
  6. winkle-hawks
  7. winkle-picker
  8. winkle-pickers
  9. Winklebury
  10. winkled
  11. winkled out

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