Meaning of gimlet-eyed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having a squint.
2. Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed.
3. Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted.
4. Having keen vision.

Examples

“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, ...”

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