Winkie may refer to:
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Arts and entertainment
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Winkie Country
The Winkie Country is the western region of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's classic series of Oz books, first introduced in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900). The Winkie Country is in the West, noted by later being ruled by the Wic ...
, a place in the ''Wizard of Oz'' novels by L. Frank Baum, and its residents (Winkies)
* the title character of
Wee Willie Winkie
"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme whose titular figure has become popular as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", first published in '' Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fir ...
, an 1841 Scottish nursery rhyme
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''Winkie'' (novel), a 2006 novel by Clifford Chase about a teddy bear accused of terrorism
* "Winkie", a 2006 short story by
Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.
Biography
She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydney ...
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The Winkies
The Winkies were an English pub rock group. The group primarily consisted of Philip Rambow, Michael Desmarais, Guy Humphreys, and Brian Turrington.
Biography
The Winkies were formed by Canadian-born Philip Rambow with former Holy Rollers gu ...
, a British rock group
People
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Winkie Direko
Isabella Winkie Direko (27 November 192917 February 2012) was a South African politician born in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa. She was a member of the African National Congress and served as Premier of the Free S ...
(1929–2012), South African politician
* nickname of
Winkie Dodds (born 1958), Northern Irish loyalist activist
* nickname of
Winifred Griffin (1932–2018), New Zealand swimmer
* nickname of
Winkie Wilkins (born 1941), American politician
Other uses
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Winkie, South Australia, a locality
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Winkie (pigeon)
Winkie was a pigeon who won the Dickin Medal in 1943 for assisting in the rescue of an aircrew forced to ditch in the North Sea during the Second World War.
Military service
During World War II, Winkie was aboard a British Bristol Beaufort when i ...
, a Dickin Medal-winning pigeon
* American slang for the
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
* "Winkies", a nickname of
Winchester College football
Winchester College football, known as Winkies, is a code of football played at Winchester College. It is akin to the Eton Field and Wall Games and Harrow Football in that it enjoys a large following from Old Wykehamists but is not played outsid ...
See also
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Winky (disambiguation)
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