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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