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Definition of Squint-eye
1. Noun. A person with strabismus.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Squint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squint-eye
Literary usage of Squint-eye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society by Robert Southey (1831)
"There is a squint eye that looks side-long ; to look upon riches and honours on
the left hand, and long life here, on the right, is a squint eye. ..."
2. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"There is a squint eye, that looks side-long; to look upon riches, and honour, on
the left hand, and long life here, on the right, is a squint eye. ..."
3. Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos: Being a Narrative of Adventure and by Albert Sonnichsen (1901)
"... secreto "—The story of " Betel-Nuts " — Visitors — " Squint-Eye " — Story of "
Cigarettes " — The child prisoner in the stocks — The woman prisoner. ..."
4. Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos: Being a Narrative of Adventure and by Albert Sonnichsen (1901)
"... secreto "—The story of " Betel-Nuts " — Visitors — " Squint-Eye " — Story of "
Cigarettes " — The child prisoner in the stocks — The woman prisoner. ..."
5. Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society by Robert Southey (1829)
"There is a squint eye that looks side-long; to look upon riches and honours on
the left hand, and long life here, on the right, is a squint eye. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Var. pron. of ' bonfire.' Bunk, Bunk-eyed, (i) adj. Squinting and half closed of
eye. 'Bunk-eye, squint-eye, went to the fair, Bought two horses, ..."
7. Chinook texts by Franz Boas (1894)
""Anah, squint-eye" [she said]. She took away his bow and said : "These bere are
the birds," and she shot them. She killed a male mallard duck which was very ..."
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