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Definition of Twinked
1. twink [v] - See also: twink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twinked
Literary usage of Twinked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1886)
"Jehu' twinked with his little eye,' and understood that I protested, as his
reverence always should. Some of the most successful men I know—I mean in our ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGardening (1855)
"... when the glowworms twinked in the grass, the nightingale raised its full and
solemn voice, and sang throughout the night its religious and loving hymns! ..."
3. The Poetry of American Wit and Humor by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1899)
"Arguments sprouted within him, And twinked in his little eye; He lay and calmly
debated When average babies cry, And seemed to be pondering gravely whether ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1893)
"... not trust the foreigner with his secret; his eye twinked suspiciously, and
his hand seemed unconsciously to grasp his mouth, as if to keep all fast. ..."
5. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1834)
"... mocking-bird took it up, and twinked away for fifty times together. In the
next morning the linnet's note was much more in request; and it also made ..."