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winkler

winkler noun: one who finds and sells winkles.

Noun

winkler (plural winklers)

  1. One who finds and sells winkles.
    • To the cocklers, winklers, and push-net shrimpers, whose premises are the kitchen or a beach store, the necessary alterations will often be out of the question.1956, World Fishing, volume 5, page 41

Proper noun capitalized: Winkler

Winkler (countable and uncountable, plural Winklers)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Manitoba, Canada.
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Winkler County.

Forms of winkler

Noun
pluralwinklers
Proper noun
pluralWinklers

Origin of winkler

From winkle + -er.

Words formed from winkler

Phrases with winkler

Questions about winkler

What does winkler mean?
Winkler means one who finds and sells winkles.
What part of speech is winkler?
Winkler can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of winkler?
The plural of winkler is winklers.

Words near winkler in the dictionary

  1. Winkleigh
  2. Winkleman
  3. Winklemans
  4. winklepicker
  5. winklepickers
  6. winkler
  7. Winkler bottle
  8. Winkler bottles
  9. Winkler County
  10. Winkler test
  11. winklers

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