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wink-a-peep|ˈwɪŋkəpiːp|
Also 7 winkapipe, wincopipe.
[f. wink v.1 + peep n.]
†1. pl. The eyes. Obs.
Cf. Devon dial. wink-a-peeps ‘drowsiness’.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado 4 Those wink-apipes of thine, those ferret eies. Ibid. 116 Awake for shame, open thy wink-a-peeps!
2. dial. The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.
1626Bacon Sylva §827 There is a Small Red Flower in the Stubble-Fields, which Country People call the Wincopipe. 1886Cheshire Gloss. 1897Outing (U.S.) Mar. 593/1 The wincopipes are opening, señor. |