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roving eyes

roving eyes is the plural of roving eye.

Meaning of roving eye

Noun

roving eye (plural roving eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) Wide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.
    • Mr Codlin had relaxed into a grim smile as his roving eye detected hands going into waistcoat pockets and groping secretly for sixpences.1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Nineteenth”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC
  2. (idiomatic) The personal characteristic of taking amorous interest in people other than one's own spouse or regular romantic partner.
    • This dame she was new-fangled
      And of a roving eye. . . .
      "Beshrew me," quoth King Arthur,
      "I think thou be'st not true!"1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter 4, in Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry

Questions about roving eyes

What is roving eyes the plural of?
Roving eyes is the plural of roving eye.

Words near roving eyes in the dictionary

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  6. roving eyes
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