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Meaning of gooseberry eye | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A prominent, dull eye.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiled gooseberry eyes and a degree in psychology!”
Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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