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winkle verb2. Chiefly colloq. (orig. Military slang). M20.
[from WINKLE noun.]
verb trans. Foll. by out: extract, eject; find out, elicit. Also (slang), evict (a tenant) from rented property by underhand or dubious means to enable the property to be sold (chiefly as winkling verbal noun). M20.
D. Athill Never used the common rooms except..when I was winkled out of my own. P. Barker I swore I wasn't gunna tell her..but she winkled it..out of me.
verb trans. & intrans. Make (one's way) by picking one's steps cautiously; insinuate (oneself). L20.
winkler noun (a) rare a person who gathers winkles; a boat used for this; (b) slang a person who assists in the eviction of tenants: L19.