gimlet-eyed
adj 4
Definitions
adj
1
Having a squint.
2
Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed.
3
Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted.
1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley 'D—n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade—mother adjutant, as we call her—is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ...
4
Having keen vision.
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