0 to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty -- vydloubnout, vypáčit
He tried to winkle some information out of her.
1 (also periwinkleˈperi-) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food. -- druh mořského plže
I have been looking at the list, which ranges from wines to winkles.
Councils should be able to winkle out housing for people who need it.
You may in this way get rid of the muffin man and the winkle man, who are very popular and very valuable among the poor.
That does not sound like winkling out to me; it sounds like being on the front foot.
The winkling out is to do with bringing those values together.
There is nothing particularly secret about the information, although it takes some winkling out.
This information had to be winkled out of the ward sister.
I want to try to winkle out whether that would be so.
