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Definition of Twinklings
1. twinkling [n] - See also: twinkling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twinklings
Literary usage of Twinklings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1872)
"White and gracious with many laces and twinklings, Mrs. Palmer advances, taking
to society as a duck takes to the water, and not a little pleased with the ..."
2. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"... and as many twinklings of the eye as there are spirations, and as many hair-pits
as there are twinklings of the eye, and as many sweat-pores as there ..."
3. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"Thus there are about half a million of twinklings of the eye in every Hindu hour.
The conceptions of days, months, and years are naturally formed from the ..."
4. The Laws of Manu by Manu, Georg Bühler (1886)
"... (twinklings of the eye arc) one kasb/M1, but thirty kash- ///as one should
reckon as one kala; moreover, thirty kalas and thatwhich ..."
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