Where does twinkler come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

twinkler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.

noun

An eye.

Colloquial

"The pupils of his eyes were as dark as his hair, except that they were flecked with sparks of hazel: as a child, strangers were apt to say that a pair of twinklers like his could be sold as diamonds to a duchess (later, when it came time for him to be included in Deeti's shrine, much would be made of the brilliance of his gaze)."

From Middle English twinklere, twinclere, equivalent to twinkle + -er.

twinklers (plural)

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