Also -ey. [f. WINK v.1 + -Y3.] Only in slang phr. Like winky, ‘like winking.’

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1830.  Lytton, P. Clifford, xxxi[ii]. The parson forks him out ten shiners, preaching all the while like winkey.

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1838.  Mrs. Smythies, Fitzherbert, ix. 100. We’ll be back like winky.

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1902.  H. Begbie, Sir J. Sparrow, iii. 33. She kicks like winky.

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