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eyewinker

noun

Definition of eyewinker 

1 : eyelash sense 1 also : eyelid

2 : something (such as a foreign particle lodged in the eye) that irritates the eye and causes winking

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First Known Use of eyewinker

circa 1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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