Complete Definition of "gimlet-eyed"

English
Adjective
gimlet-eyed

  1. having pierce|piercing eyes, sharp-sighted

#*1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
#*:'D--n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade -- mother adjutant, as we call her -- is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ...

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