Definitions
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- noun a
style ofboot with aseverely pointed toe fashionable in the 1950s
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Examples
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I'm halfway through my screenwriting MA course, I'm two months into a mentoring project working with an established writer-director and I've also working hard to get my winkle-picker shod toes in several other, interesting doors.
Archive 2006-09-01 DAVID BISHOP 2006
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The 'Tomboys' had their hair styled in "Rockabilly" quiffs and wore tailored trouser suits, Trilby's, and winkle-picker style, pointy-toe lace-ups.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The suits are often worn with pointy winkle-picker shoes that extend far, far in front of the toes, like peninsulas or penis extensions or the prows of a brace of racing sloops.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Ian Brown 2011
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The suits are often worn with pointy winkle-picker shoes that extend far, far in front of the toes, like peninsulas or penis extensions or the prows of a brace of racing sloops.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Ian Brown 2011
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The suits are often worn with pointy winkle-picker shoes that extend far, far in front of the toes, like peninsulas or penis extensions or the prows of a brace of racing sloops.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Ian Brown 2011
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Solitary figure: A youthful Mr Brown on the book cover, looking bohemian with floppy hair and winkle-picker shoes
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The book's cover features a previously unseen photograph of a solitary, young Gordon Brown looking bohemian with floppy hair and wearing a brown overcoat and 'winkle-picker' shoes.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The book's cover features a previously unseen photograph of a solitary, young Gordon Brown looking bohemian with floppy hair and wearing a brown overcoat and 'winkle-picker' shoes.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Solitary figure: A youthful Mr Brown on the book cover, looking bohemian with floppy hair and winkle-picker shoes
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The punky theme runs through the rails with gothic cobweb knitwear for Halloween time that can also be worn over skinny jeans and flat winkle-picker brogues.
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