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beadies

beadies noun: eyes.

Noun

beadies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) eyes
    • 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
    • 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

Origin of beadies

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

Questions about beadies

What does beadies mean?
Beadies means eyes.
What part of speech is beadies?
Beadies is a noun.

Words near beadies in the dictionary

  1. beadhook
  2. beadhooks
  3. beadhouse
  4. beadhouses
  5. beadier
  6. beadies
  7. beadiest
  8. beadily
  9. beadiness
  10. beading
  11. beadings

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