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twinkler en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English twinklere, twinclere, equivalent to twinkle + -er.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
2. (colloquial) An eye.
   • The pupils of his eyes were as dark as his hair, except that they were flecked with sparks of hazel: as a child, strangers were apt to say that a pair of twinklers like his could be sold as diamonds to a duchess (later, when it came time for him to be included in Deeti's shrine, much would be made of the brilliance of his gaze). 2015, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies:

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