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winker

win·ker

UK/ˈwɪŋkə/ US/ˈwɪŋkəɹ/ uncommon informal slang uk us

noun

1.

a person who winks

2.

blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

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Origin

From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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