a. Also Twinkley [f. TWINKLE sb. or v.1 + -Y.] Characterized by twinkling.
1862. Urbana Union, 24 Dec., 4/1. ‘Will you take them [fritters] ‘twinkly twinkle’…? The ancient female dipped her not over clean fingers into a tumbler of molasses standing behind her, and allowing the drippings to fall upon the delicacy, presented it to him as ‘twinkley twinkle.’
1884. St. James’s Gaz., 21 June, 5/1. The most twinkly star of contemporary journalism.
1903. Daily Record & Mail, 5 Aug., 4. A twinkly humour about the lips.
