'pilliewinkles' definitions:

Definition of 'pilliewinkles'

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Pinnywinkles \Pin"ny*win`kles\, n. pl. An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Pinochle