winkwhile

noun

Plural: winkwhiles

A time interval as short as a wink of an eye; moment.

Examples:

I pull my heels out of the house for a winkwhile, and disasterment bewaits here... (Context: Grandma Estela complains in her archaic language that after she left the apartment for a short while, everything has turned into chaos because the others could not take proper care of the household. Source: J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.)

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