cockeye

[ kok-ahy ]

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪ /

noun, plural cock·eyes.

an eye that squints or is affected with strabismus.

Nearby words

cocked hat, cocker, cocker spaniel, cockerel, cockerell, cockeye, cockeye bob, cockeyed, cockeyed bob, cockeyedly, cockeysville

Origin of cockeye

1815–25; cock² (v.) + eye

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Examples from the Web for cockeye

If we don't find no sign at Cockeye, we can just naturally back track and pick up where he turned off.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White
"Seems to me no manner of doubt but what he's headed for Cockeye," he said.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White
"Of course, such fellows as Cockeye and Fothergill are the exceptions, and not the rule," Mr. Blount said.
A Final Reckoning|G. A. Henty
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.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White

The worst of them, I think, was a fellow who went by the name of Cockeye.
A Final Reckoning|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for cockeye

cockeye

/ (ˈkɒkˌaɪ) /

noun

informal an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints

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