gimlet
noun
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
gimlety
-
a word derived from
gimlet.
Example Sentences
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Only his gimlety, hungry eyes were the same.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
I did not turn to look at him but all the while I felt his gimlety eyes digging into my brain.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Harry Bates
His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
