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Synonyms

boss-eyed

British  

adjective

  1. informal having a squint

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of boss-eyed

C19: from boss to miss or bungle a shot at a target (dialect)

Example Sentences

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Slightly boss-eyed, balding by his early 20s, with legs like sequoias and an incipient belly, Malkovich made an unlikely leading man.

From The Guardian

Still, of course, I do understand about your cricket, and I dare say love might make you a bit boss-eyed.

From Project Gutenberg

There's some roads a man has to be led, an' there's some roads a boss-eyed man can only follow wi' one eye shut.

From Project Gutenberg