subs. (colloquial).—1.  In pl. = the eyes. Also (2) a star, and (3) a light (thieves’).

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  1380.  WYCLIF, Ecclesiasticus, vii. 25. The TWYNCLERE with the eȝe forgeth wicke thingus.

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  d. 1704.  T. BROWN, Aristænetus’s Letters, in Works, i. 267. I no sooner saw your Ladyship, but those everlasting Murderers, your TWINKLERS, pink’d and stabb’d me in a thousand Parts of my Body.

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  1705.  VANBRUGH, The Confederacy, iii. 2. Aram. The stars have done this. Clar. The pretty little TWINKLERS.

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  1813.  SHELLEY, Queen Mab, ix. Such tiny TWINKLERS as the planet-orbs.

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  1837.  MARRYAT, Snarleyyow; or The Dog Fiend, xvii. You’ll just be plased to keep your two eyes upon your prisoner, and not be staring at me, following me up and down, as you do, with those TWINKLERS of yours.

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