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dollar-sign eyes

dollar-sign eyes noun: greediness, or a moment of greediness, for money.

Noun

dollar-sign eyes pl (plural only)

  1. (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

Synonyms of dollar-sign eyes

Origin of dollar-sign eyes

Related to the convention of drawing cartoon characters with their eyes replaced by dollar signs in a moment of greed.

Questions about dollar-sign eyes

What does dollar-sign eyes mean?
Dollar-sign eyes means greediness, or a moment of greediness, for money.
What part of speech is dollar-sign eyes?
Dollar-sign eyes is a noun.

Words near dollar-sign eyes in the dictionary

  1. dollar-a-year men
  2. dollar-aire
  3. dollar-aires
  4. dollar-and-cent
  5. dollar-cost averaging
  6. dollar-sign eyes
  7. dollar-speaking
  8. dollar-store
  9. dollarable
  10. dollaraire
  11. dollaraires

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