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Re:The history of lead pencils and their lack of any actual ... by nkurz on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:28PM (#39897414)
I spent some time puzzling over what "winkle" might be a typo for before realizing it was a British verb I was unfamiliar with:

"chiefly British : to displace, remove, or evict from a position"

Apparently the etymology is the periwinkles are difficult to remove from their shells: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winkle

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Re:The history of lead pencils and their lack of any actual ... by dtgriscom on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:00PM (#39900877)
"She's horribly good at winkling."

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7a2639f3-cf03-4223-bc46-5ae44b5...

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