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gooseberry eyes

gooseberry eyes is the plural of gooseberry eye.

Meaning of gooseberry eye

Noun

gooseberry eye (plural gooseberry eyes)

  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

Questions about gooseberry eyes

What is gooseberry eyes the plural of?
Gooseberry eyes is the plural of gooseberry eye.

Words near gooseberry eyes in the dictionary

  1. goose-winging
  2. goose-wings
  3. gooseberries
  4. gooseberry
  5. gooseberry eye
  6. gooseberry eyes
  7. gooseberry garnet
  8. gooseberry gourd
  9. gooseberry gourds
  10. gooseberry lay
  11. gooseberry lays

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