| 单词 | winkle-picker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinkle-picker winkle-picker n. slang a shoe with a long pointed toe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific shaped toes duck-bill1834 wing-tip1872 razor toe1895 point shoe1910 winkle-picker1960 1960 Spectator 15 Apr. 553 The incredibly pointed custom-built shoes in which teenagers keep other teenagers at arm's length... The shoes, called winklepickers, look like something out of Grimm's fairy tales. 1960 News Chron. 13 Sept. 5/3 The ‘winkle picker’ high heels and the high spirits have gone. 1978 C. Sykes in R. Buckle U & Non-U Revisited 57 The mass-produced variety, popularly known as ‘winkle-pickers’, were very ugly. 1980 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 May 5/3 I had the hairdo, the lairy shirt, the winkle-picker shoes. < as lemmas |
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