winkle-pickers

[Wilson Gray]

I remember both the term and the style of shoe, likewise from some
time in the 'Sixties. The winkle referred to is the mollusc known as a
"periwinkle," not to be confused with the flowering plant of the same
name.

-Wilson

On 9/21/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> I submitted "winkle-pickers" to a (forgotten) thread here some years ago,
> referring to a non-U kind of shoe fashion in the UK that I suspected was
> long out of date.  One of the other listers with UK background  was
> unfamiliar with the term.  I just ran across it again, this time with a
> date attached.. Peter Robinson, in his recent /Piece of My Heart/ has a
> rock festival promoter in the Midlands in 1969 wearing a pair.
> o tempora!.......o mores!
> AM
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