[Mrs. Don-o]

I used to be in the vocabulary category of “over 35,000 words” -— though I think such statistics may well be hooey.

I’ve lost some over the years.

But I’m keeping this one. It’s stuck in my brain crevices now. Winkled in. Or, better, not to be winkled out.

[Tax-chick]

I think that in the verb category you’ll get more mileage from “winkle out” and variants. The noun “winkle” is a shellfish. Also, “winkel” in Dutch means “a shop,” which is weird then you consider how closely related English and Dutch are.