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Definition of Saucer-eyed
1. Adjective. Having large round wide-open eyes.
Definition of Saucer-eyed
1. Adjective. Having round, wide-open eyes, naturally or from an expression of fear, astonishment, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saucer-eyed
Literary usage of Saucer-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Six Years Residence in Algiers by Elizabeth Broughton (1840)
"Our Janissary Hassan—Persecutions of the Jewish Race—Story- Telling—Murder of
Mustapha Pacha—The saucer-eyed Lady —The Tailor's Peruke. ..."
2. Medii ævi Kalendarium: Or Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages by Robert Thomas Hampson (1841)
"The huntsmen were swart, and huge, and ugly; and their hounds were all swarthy,
and broad-eyed (" saucer eyed"), and ugly. And they rode on swarthy horses, ..."
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