The word 'winkle' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb meaning "to extricate oneself from a difficult situation" or as a noun referring to a type of sea snail. Example sentence: He winkeled his way out of the meeting early without anyone noticing.
Can he winkle juicy intel out of her? It's another neat story, perhaps too tidily crafted, with the overt theme that people employed to pre-empt the enemy can't predict what those closest to them will do next.
Despite the evidence of that "backlash" within the police force, it also congratulates the government on at least trying to winkle out "institutional racism .If the report has a weakness, it is that it fails to measure the British experience of race relations against that of other countries.
Entering the city while letting most of the fighters escape would pave the way for a long partisan war, waged by guerrillas based in the mountains, where they are almost impossible to winkle out.
Poland's geology is different from America's and new techniques may be needed to winkle out the gas.Ukraine has recently granted exploration licences to Chevron and Shell, and Romania has also awarded a few.
Sukarno was persuaded to invest him with emergency powers and then, politely but firmly, was made to stand aside.The better to winkle out the communists, Suharto set up two intelligence agencies.
European and IMF officials warned Greece this month that curbing tax evasion, which costs the government €15 billion each year, would be vital in unlocking more bail-out money.A tax amnesty can winkle out cash.
And asylum-seeker numbers are creeping up again.In this section Good things and small packages Hard going The queen is dead Tartan and thistles Wanted: a red Boris The architect The nightmare scenario ReprintsUndocumented children get little attention, aside from the few who arrive clinging to the bottom of a lorry or are trafficked for exploitation as winkle-pickers or sex-workers.
Instead of Wellingtons and striped ponchos, the dress code at West Sussex's Vintage Festival will be seamed stockings and twinsets, kipper ties and winkle-pickers.
"Nick Lyndhurst is a comedy genius and I can't think of anyone better suited to bring the shady but charming Freddie Robdal to life, and James Buckley (who plays teenage Del Boy) has a tough act to follow but is sure to do for leather bomber jackets and winkle-pickers what David Jason did for camel-haired coats and cocktail umbrellas".
Just look at his World Cup-period hairdo: a straight steal from the pages of Beatrix Potter, surely, combining the two-toned contrast of Tommy Brock and the spiky quiff of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
One told The Times: "If you can enlist Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Squirrel Nutkin on your side, then why not?" During last night's discussions,Mr Michel demanded a clause was placed in the draft agreement on Britain's EU membership that rules out holding a second referendum should the UK vote to leave the EU.
