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Robert Christy, comp.  Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages.  1887.
 
Wink
 
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind man.  1
He that winketh with one eye and seeth with the other,
I would not trust him though he were my brother.
  2
Who would regard all things complacently must wink at a great many.  Dutch.  3
Wink at wee faults, your ain are meikle.  4
 
 
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