cross-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cross-eyed
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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Cross-Eyed Cow Pizza, said Bowen, is just down the road.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Her last film was 1965’s “Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2015
Her last film was 1965's "Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion."
From US News • Nov. 12, 2015
Men with names like Scoot and Moon and Cross-Eyed Chucky drive rusted Chevies, raise Bluetick hounds, drink Falls City beer and smoke Pall Malls fired with Ohio Blue Tip matches.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2011
Emerson Hough once wrote a story called "Hasenberg's Cross-Eyed Horse," which he sought diligently, but unsuccessfully, to market with the greater number of the known periodicals of the world.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various
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