winkle-picker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
  2. An implement used to extract the flesh of a periwinkle from its shell.
  3. A style of boot or shoe with a severely pointed toe, fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.

Word forms

winkle-picker winkle-pickers winklepicker winkle picker

Synonyms

winkle pin roach stomper
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