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gimlet eye

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noun

a sharp or piercing glance.

an eye that appears to give a sharp or piercing look.

Origin of gimlet eye

First recorded in 1815–25

Related formsgim·let-eyed, adjective

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He had a gimlet-eye and a hawklike face, and was professionally brusk and brutally frank.
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Stanley R. Matthews