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sloe-eyed

UK/ˈsləʊˌaɪd/US/ˈsloʊˌaɪd/

sloe-eyed adjective: having dark eyes.

Adjective

sloe-eyed (not comparable)

  1. Having dark eyes.
    • Macdonald's wife was an immensely stout, raven-haired, sloe-eyed, talkative body, the most motherly woman I have ever known.1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance
    • Royal Beaudry carried about with him in his work on the Lazy Double D persistent memories of the sloe-eyed gypsy.1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 19, in The Sheriff's Son

Examples of sloe-eyed in a sentence

  • [S]warthy, sloe-eyed Mexicans, with huge sombreros on their knees, lolled in the shade of a tree.1918, Zane Grey, chapter 35, in The U. P. Trail:
  • First you're another sloe-eyed vamp, then someone's mother, then you're camp.1971, Stephen Sondheim, I'm Still Here (Follies song):

Questions about sloe-eyed

What does sloe-eyed mean?
Sloe-eyed means having dark eyes.
How do you use sloe-eyed in a sentence?
[S]warthy, sloe-eyed Mexicans, with huge sombreros on their knees, lolled in the shade of a tree.
What part of speech is sloe-eyed?
Sloe-eyed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sloe-eyed?
Sloe-eyed is pronounced /ˈsləʊˌaɪd/ (UK).

Words near sloe-eyed in the dictionary

  1. sloe gins
  2. sloe plum
  3. sloe plums
  4. sloe-bush
  5. sloe-bushes
  6. sloe-eyed
  7. sloebush
  8. sloebushes
  9. sloelike
  10. sloes
  11. slofie

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