КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «WINKLE-PICKERS»
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Janet Frame: Semiotics and Biosemiotics in Her Early Fiction
Similarly, her allusion to the young man in winkle-pickers the young girl in stiletto
heels recalls “South London where the river mists rise in autumn and the
winklepickers walk bell hoop and melt,”90 and draws attention to the fluidity of
signifiers ...
St. Matthew Paul Pierre, 2011
Uncle Stephen wears winkle pickers. They are shiny pointy shoes. John says he
is going to get some winkle pickers one—day, and also a motorbike. He asks
Mummy to get him some winkle pickers but Mummy says no because they would
be ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Winkling: attacks by Typhoon aircraft on small enemy strongpoints, 500—or-so
yards ahead of the troops: RAF: 1944— 5. winkle-pickers. 'Winkle-picker' shoes—
shoes with very pointed toecaps: since ca. 1959. Cf. :winkle-pin. A bayonet: army
...
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Out of the Blue: Poetry
Rise to the occasion on Six inch stilettos, made of steel, Need nerves of steel To
wear them, Or platforms with six inch soles? Remember the winkle -pickers Your
mother wore, They're 'in' again. Even I wore winkle-pickers I couldn't avoid it.
Combat trousers, printed t-shirts and Doc Martins or Rockabilly-style 'winkle
pickers' seemed to be the order of the day, so I persuaded my mum to buy me
some. She wouldn't get me any scruffy old Army surplus combats, though, so I
had to ...
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Broken to Beautiful: A Lifelong Journey From Words That ...
The fashion back then, in the late 50s and early 60's was a mixture of poodle
skirts and pencil skirts that were worn with either flat moccasin shoes or high
stiletto heels named 'winkle pickers'. “What on earth are Winkle Pickers, Grandma
?
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The Man Behind the Uniform
I figured less people shot at blue uniforms. Besides, a job would get my father off
my back. In my mind I can still hear the clicking of my best shoes, those that my
grandmother referred to as winkle pickers. I was never sure what a winkle picker
...
Before he had departed from his own box, he had donned his neat symmetrical
body covering and pointed animal skin foot pads, named 'winkle pickers'. He
must have got the size completely wrong though, as there was no way he was
going ...
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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Not fit to run a whelk-stall! [1894]. A comment on someone's lack of organising
ability; lamentably incompetent. Winkle-pickers [1960]. Shoes with pointed toes (
implying that they are sharp enough to use for extracting winkles from their shells
).
I strutted out of the front door, but found the heels of the winkle-pickers continually
stuck in the grass, so I took them off, carried them and waited in anticipation for
Marcus to join me. He arrived in jeans, old shoes and an even older shirt.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «WINKLE-PICKERS»
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winkle-pickers в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Victoria Beckham marches on (in winkle-pickers) for spring 2015 …
Every season Victoria Beckham generals her New York show with military precision. Is David in the front row next to Anna Wintour? Check. And Brooklyn beside ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Сен 14»
I've got 125 pairs of shoes and I haven't worn half of them!
They're almost winkle-pickers they're so pointed. Deeply unfashionable now. The same goes for the black satin heels with the glittery ankle strap that ties at the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Авг 13»
The Flesh Machine
... with the collar up, dark blue Levi's with the cuffs turned up, and winkle-pickers—and they were leaning against the wall of my school for some reason. «VICE, Фев 12»
Will Self interviews David Lynch
... pus-filled earlobes and hand-painted winkle-pickers on our feet, we took the Tube to Tottenham Court Road and sat in the back row of the Classic inhaling the ... «GQ.com, Авг 11»
Superscrimpers Episode 3: Afford Your Own Home By Rationing …
... Mrs Moneypenny showers us with penny saving gems like wearing clothes to save our heating bills and lighting our homes with well polished winkle-pickers. «Sabotage Times, Апр 11»
Sofrito (compilation)
It seems like you can't take a cab ride through a city centre on a Saturday night at the moment without seeing a bunch of people in tight jeans and winkle-pickers ... «The Quietus, Янв 11»
