glad eye

American  

noun

Informal.

1. a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.

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glad eye British  

noun

1. informal an inviting or seductive glance (esp in the phrase give ( someone ) the glad eye )

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Etymology

Origin of glad eye

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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glad eye

Arsenal may try to muscle in on the Rémy action and are also being linked with a move for Toulouse enforcer Moussa Sissoko, who is also being given the glad eye by Newcastle.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2012

But the villainous psychiatrist maneuvers Kris into a sanity trial, during which Attorney John Payne, a glad eye on Miss O'Hara, manages by elaborate legal flummery to have him declared competent.

From Time Magazine Archive

People who strew corn broadcast for a lot of feathered inanities that just sit about cooing and giving each other the glad eye in a Louis Quatorze manner are pretty certain to do you well.”

From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki

When she is happy, all the Children of the River rejoice; should she see the shadow of grief, then shall not be found a glad eye or a light heart.'

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Ernest G. Henham

Deep in the hero's bosom sank Their love, whose signs his glad eye drank.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith