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- noun Plural form of
winkle-picker .
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Examples
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It's what people think - and the awe he feels for the backless dresses, ra-ras and winkle-pickers of the Eighties positively steams from the page.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It's what people think - and the awe he feels for the backless dresses, ra-ras and winkle-pickers of the Eighties positively steams from the page.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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"I used to go to the one at Skegness with my mum and dad," said Cliff Reynolds, 52, from Chelmsford, dressed for the day as a Rat Pack-type 60s lounge lizard, with pork pie hat and winkle-pickers.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Simon Wiles has lived up to his 'best dressed' billing in a cracking pair of shiny winkle-pickers!
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Simon Wiles has lived up to his 'best dressed' billing in a cracking pair of shiny winkle-pickers!
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Simon Wiles has lived up to his 'best dressed' billing in a cracking pair of shiny winkle-pickers!
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Simon Wiles has lived up to his 'best dressed' billing in a cracking pair of shiny winkle-pickers!
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John Sullivan added: 'Nick Lyndhurst is a comedy genius and although James Buckley has a tough act to follow, I feel sure that he will do for leather bomber jackets and winkle-pickers what David Jason did for camel-haired coats and cocktail umbrellas.'
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The clothes were accessorised with cyber-age trainers in orange, silver and white, laced-up in purple and featuring the three adidas stripes on high wedge heels, multicoloured winkle-pickers, and fluorescent neon basketball boots.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Simon Wiles has lived up to his 'best dressed' billing in a cracking pair of shiny winkle-pickers!
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