winkles

Noun

winkle (plural winkles)

1. A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
   • […] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre.1615, Helkiah Crooke, Mikrokosmographia, a Description of the Body of Man, London: William Jaggard, Book 8, Chapter 25, p. 610

   Synonyms:

   oyster drill

2. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
   • There were also found fragments of the winkle (Fulgar carica).1912, Daniel Melancthon Tredwell, Personal Reminiscences of Men and Things on Long Island

   Synonyms:

   Fulgar carica, Busycon canaliculata

3. (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
   • After all, he didn't want his winkle to get so big it became unruly and unnatural.2004, Robert Priest, How to Swallow a Pig

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