cross-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of cross-eyed
First recorded in 1785–95
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Vacationing in Chicago, a practical, small-town spinster discovers her landlord's corpse, scolds the police, shadows a cross eyed man, gets thrown downstairs and discovers the ingenious criminal.
From Time Magazine Archive
If she meets a cross eyed person, she crosses her fingers and spits on them to break the bad spell.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
And it was no trick at all for him to look wall eyed one minute, cross eyed the next, and then straighten 'em out with a jerk of his head.
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell
I think he was a Jona; anyway he was so cross eyed that if he'd aimed a gun at Berlin he would have shot an eye out of Constantinopel.
From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney
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