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Definition of Skew-eyed
1. Adjective. Having eyes that look in different directions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skew-eyed
Literary usage of Skew-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley (1884)
"... with much minuteness, certain numerous and powerful barbarians with " yellow
hair, green eyes, and prominent noses," who, the black-haired, skew-eyed, ..."
2. The Ebony Idol by G. M. Flanders (1860)
"Now, you see, I am a little skew-eyed, and as both eyes look different ways, my
wife always thinks I am looking after dimity, look which way I will; ..."
3. Man's place in nature: and other anthropological essays by Thomas Henry Huxley (1919)
"... with much minuteness, certain numerous and powerful barbarians with " yellow
hair, green eyes, and prominent noses," who, the black-haired, skew-eyed, ..."
4. The Poems and Plays of John Masefield by John Masefield (1918)
"When the old blind fiddler played the tune of "Pipe the Watch Below," The skew-eyed
landlord dowsed the glim and bade us "stamp V go," 'N' we linked it home ..."
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