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Definition of pilliwinkses - 1 dictionary result

pil⋅li⋅winks

  [pil-uh-wingks]
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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
an old instrument of torture similar to the thumbscrew.
Origin:
1350–1400; Scots var. of late ME pyrwykes, pyrewinkes < ?
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