cockeye

[ kok-ahy ]

noun

, plural cock·eyes.

1. an eye that squints or is affected with strabismus.

cockeye

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockeye¹

1815–25; cock ² (v.) + eye

Example Sentences

The worst of them, I think, was a fellow who went by the name of Cockeye.

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So Curley mounted and we rode on at a walk on the horse trail that led up the broad, shallow wash that came out of Cockeye.

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If we don't find no sign at Cockeye, we can just naturally back track and pick up where he turned off.

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"Of course, such fellows as Cockeye and Fothergill are the exceptions, and not the rule," Mr. Blount said.

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It was a bay with a white leg, and I knew that Cockeye used to ride such a horse, and that there wasn't a better in the colony.

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