Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An eyelash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A child's word. An eyelash.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun childish An
eyelash .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An "eyewinker" placed in the palm of the hand will cause the ferule to break when the teacher strikes the palm with it.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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Ild luck to it! blastfumed the nowraging scamptail, in flating furies outs trews his cammelskins, the flashlight of his ire wackering from the eyewinker on his masttop.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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If the eyewinker is not seen again, the wish will come true.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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Put an eyewinker on the back of the hand, knock that hand with the other so as to throw the eyewinker over the shoulder, and at the same time wish.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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Put an eyewinker down inside your clothes, wish, and you'll get your wish.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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