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单词 winkler
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winklern.

Brit. /ˈwɪŋklə/, /ˈwɪŋkl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋk(ə)lər/
Etymology: < winkle n. + -er suffix1.
1. One who gathers winkles; a boat used for this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for other shellfish
mussel man1459
cockler1769
cockle picker1801
cockle woman1827
mussel-gatherer1859
cockle wife1877
scalloper1887
clammer1888
winkler1889
quahogger1910
1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 58 Eel-trawlers and ‘winklers’.
2. slang. One who assists in the eviction of tenants (see quot. 1970). Cf. winkle v.2
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > [noun] > one who
evictor1849
winkler1970
1970 Sunday Times 15 Nov. 3/5 Plausible, highly-paid ‘winklers’ who are hired by property companies and landlords to persuade families to leave their rent-controlled tenancies so the homes can be sold at high prices.
1977 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 29 Sept. 26/3 The tenants said the agents aided by middlemen called ‘winklers’, had bribed and harassed them to get them to move.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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ˈwinkler
ˈwinkler n. a store-keeper.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper
merchantc1400
shopholder1443
shopkeeper1530
shopman1572
storekeeper1741
box wallah1826
winkler1853
storeman1858
1853 W. R. King Campaigning in Kaffirland vi. 139 ‘Winkel waggons’ had come out to the camp, and the ‘winklers’, or private traders, sold everything they had.
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n.1889
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