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pipe one's eye

pipe one's eye is the alternative form of pipe the eye.

Meaning of pipe the eye

Verb

pipe the eye (third-person singular simple present pipes the eye, present participle piping the eye, simple past and past participle piped the eye)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To weep.
    • He first began to eye his pipe, / And then to pipe his eye.a. 1845, Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown

Forms of pipe one's eye

third-person singular presentpipes one's eye
present participlepiping one's eye
past participlepiped one's eye
pastpiped one's eye

Questions about pipe one's eye

What is pipe one's eye the alternative form of?
Pipe one's eye is the alternative form of pipe the eye.

Words near pipe one's eye in the dictionary

  1. pipe lines
  2. pipe of peace
  3. pipe off
  4. pipe office
  5. pipe offices
  6. pipe one's eye
  7. pipe opal
  8. pipe opals
  9. pipe organ
  10. pipe organist
  11. pipe organists

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