twinkle

• I looked up at the man, and recognized a twinkle in a familiar eye, and as the twinkle was accentuated by a powerful wink I began to understand and held my tongue Things might have gone on longer if one of the waiters had not been too bold, and on serving Countess Moltke, a very pretty American lady married to a Dane, pushed her arm a little roughly, and in an obviously disguised voice said, "Better take some of this, you won't get another chance She called out in an indignant voice, "Did you ever hear the like?" —  In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters
• Again the twinkle was announced. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
• She shines like a twinkle--twinkle in the sky." —  Bob, Son of Battle
• I looked up at the man, and recognized a twinkle in a familiar eye, and as the twinkle was accentuated by a powerful wink I began to understand and held my tongue. —  In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters
• You've also made something else possible. —  Cry Mercy Cry Love

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