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Squint-eyed   Listen
adjective
Squint-eyed  adj.  
1.
Having eyes that squint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed; also called squinty-eyed.
2.
Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.





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"Squint-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... feet of their brutal husbands, as a beaten dog cringes to its master. That Ben Letts had broken Myra's arm on the ragged rocks, and yet the girl wanted to aid him, showed Tess the superiority of the male sex, and Myra loved the squint-eyed fisherman, she evidenced ...
— Tess of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White
... Bertholomeu Palestrello or Palestro, commonly called Perestrello. The soldiers, corresponding to our marines, were commanded by the 'sweet warman,' Joao Goncales da Camara, nicknamed 'O Zargo,' the Cyclops, not the squint-eyed; [Footnote: Curious to say, Messieurs White and Johnson, the writers of the excellent guide-book, will translate the word 'squint-eyed:' they might have seen the portrait in Government House.] his companion ...
— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Vol. I • Richard F. Burton
... origin, probably of Persian birth, but possessed of a daring spirit that was to bring him the highest fame. He is described as a tall man, with red hair and a white complexion, blind of one eye, and with a mole on his hand. The Spanish historians call him Tarik el Tuerto, meaning either "one-eyed" or "squint-eyed." Such was the man whom Musa sent to begin the conquest ...
— Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII • Charles Morris


Words linked to "Squint-eyed" :   squinty, indirect, asquint, sidelong, askance, askant, squint


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