Puzzle Description:

Winklepicker is a style of pointy shoe or boot. Where did that word come from? Winkle is an English word for a water snail cooked and served in the shell as a delicacy, and one would need something to pick the snail out of it's shell. Reminiscent of medieval footwear worn by jesters and today by pop stars, the feature which gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and quite long pointed toe.

#1: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jul 26, 2010

interesting words you have found
especially this one
haha

what an interesting bit of trivia! and this is an excellent image. i like this series.

Mary Poppins?

This is a terrific way to increase my vocabulary. What fun! Thanks.

I knew that it was some kind of water-ish creature, so my guess was one who picked them out of rock pools, haha. Interesting, thank you! :)

interesting puzzle for my #5300 solved!

do you wear em, T?

Nope. I wear pretty girlie sandals every day. Unless I have to do a training, then I wear flats.

Usually found in England, a winklepicker is the wee fairy who chooses which snails to send up the flower stems in the garden. Only one winkle is chosen in this manner per day so one hardly ever sees a winkle actually on a flower stem.

i saw one yesterday, JD

was crawling up T's leg

LOL, Tom. No snails here, at least I don't see any ever. Too dry.

JoDeen, I like your definition better. :-)

cute, but bizzare name

crazy series, Teresa.
The shoe is nice, my wife likes them...

I would increase your vocabulary with a puzzle for shmekldeker, but modesty forbids it.

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