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winking

noun C2
  1. The act of someone who winks.

Plural winkings

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Bennet sat looking and winking at Elizabeth and Catherine for a considerable time, without making any impression on them.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 324 · B2
What do you keep winking at me for?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 324 · B2
What does all that winking and blinking at the Barry gable mean?”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 326 · C1
It had been agreed that the old man should express his approbation by closing his eyes, his refusal by winking them several times, and if he had some desire or feeling to express, he raised them to heaven.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 612 · C1

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