winker
n.— «Whackin’ a young lady on the winker-stinker should only be illegal if she isn’t a looker.» —“Gettin’ it down pat, Italian style” by Emma Tom Australian Feb. 3, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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