I spent some time puzzling over what "winkle" might be a typo for before realizing it was a British verb I was unfamiliar with: "chiefly British : to displace

I spent some time puzzling over what "winkle" might be a typo for before realizing it was a British verb I was unfamiliar with: "chiefly British : to displace, remove, or evict from a position" Apparently the etymology is the periwinkles are difficult to remove from their shells: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winkle https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winkle