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gooseberry eye en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (dated, idiomatic) A prominent, dull eye.
   • He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiled gooseberry eyes and a degree in psychology! 1947, Agatha Christie, “The Capture of Cerberus”, in The Labours of Hercules:
   • Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once. 1984, Piers Brendon, “Father and Son”, in Winston Churchill: A Biography:

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gooseberry-eyed