dollar-sign eyes en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Related to the convention of drawing cartoon characters with their eyes replaced by dollar signs in a moment of greed.
Meanings
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(figuratively, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Greediness, or a moment of greediness, for money.
“Damn,” he said to no one in particular but looking at Trixie with dollar-sign eyes, the hardness displayed toward her softening. “We sure 'nuf gonna be seven-figure niggas, huh?”
2006, Roland S. Jefferson, Damaged Goods: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 147:Like other big cities he'd traveled to, the dollar-sign eyes of the young women couldn't resist staring at the fancy automobile he drove.
2011, Dewey Boyd Reynolds, Master of Plagues, page 284: