cockeye

[ kok-ahy ]

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪ /

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noun, plural cock·eyes.

an eye that squints or is affected with strabismus.

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Origin of cockeye

1815–25; cock² (v.) + eye

Words nearby cockeye

cocked hat, cocker, cockerel, Cockerell, cocker spaniel, cockeye, cockeye bob, cockeyed, cockeyed bob, Cockeysville, cock feather

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How to use cockeye in a sentence

The worst of them, I think, was a fellow who went by the name of Cockeye.
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
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
"Of course, such fellows as Cockeye and Fothergill are the exceptions, and not the rule," Mr. Blount said.
A Final Reckoning|G. A. Henty

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.
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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