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beadies en · NOUN

Etymology

In reference to the common collocation beady-eyed or beady eyes.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) eyes
    • With its beadies on him from out in the corridor and its massive sneakers upon the wafer thin yielding (he yell'd!) glass of the compartment door. 2015, Bill Reed, Dogod:
    • Especially ones like the Broadway Park House, an old-world Central Park South upscale joint with uniformed doormen shooting me the beadies the moment Evelyn and I are disgorged into the lobby by a revolving door. 2013, Eoin Colfer, Screwed: