pinnywinkles

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnɪˌwɪŋkl̩s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪniˌwɪŋk(ə)ls/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnɪˌwɪŋkl̩s/
• Hyphenation: pin‧ny‧win‧kles

Noun

pinnywinkles pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of pilliwinks
   • 1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 230:

     They prick us and they pine us, and they pit us on the pinnywinkles for witches; [...]