twink
suomi-englanti sanakirjatwink englanniksi
To wink.
One or more very small, short bursts of light.
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1921, Almira Bailey, “The Bay on Sunday Morning” in ''Vignettes of San Francisco,'' San Francisco: The San Francisco Journal, p.(nbs)18,https://archive.org/details/vignettessanfra00bailgoog/page/n22
- (..) chug of the fishermen’s boats, twink of lights in the harbor at night (..)
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A very short moment of time.
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew) in a twink she won me to her love.
{{quote-book|en|year=1893|author=Emily Sarah Holt|title=All’s Well|location=London|publisher=J.F. Shaw|chapter=15|page=118|url=https://archive.org/details/allswelloralices00holtiala/page/118
(RQ:Kerouac On the Road) and once again, in the twink of nothing, I was in another big high cab, all set to go hundreds of miles across the night, and was I happy!
The chaffinch.
(senseid) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little hair.
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(quote-book)the narrow gay ideal of a slim or waiflike male body, as displayed by the young "twink".
A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
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A player (or character created by a player) in a dungeon or other game who engages in obnoxious or abusive behaviour, especially one who uses a higher-level character to give advanced equipment to one of their own lower-level characters.
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{{quote-newsgroup|en|year=1997|author=Gov't Cheeze|title=AD/REQUEST Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)|newsgroup=rec.games.mud.admin
To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a dungeon or other game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.
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