See Also: variator(dictionary)
winker(1)(dictionary)
winker(2)(dictionary)

winker(2) (iou) and variator (iou)


winker(2) (iou)



winker noun2. Orig. US. M20.
[from WINK verb2 + -ER1.]
A tiddlywinks player.

variator (iou)



variator noun. M18.
[In sense 1 mod. Latin (cf. VARY verb 8b); in sense 2 from VARIATION: see VARIATE verb, -ATOR.]
At Oxford University, an orator who made a satirical speech at the annual degree ceremony. obsolete exc. Hist. M18.
A device which permits or compensates for variation. L19.