glad eye

American  

noun

Informal.

1. a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.

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glad eye British  

noun

1. informal an inviting or seductive glance (esp in the phrase give ( someone ) the glad eye )

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Etymology

Origin of glad eye

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Arsenal may try to muscle in on the Rémy action and are also being linked with a move for Toulouse enforcer Moussa Sissoko, who is also being given the glad eye by Newcastle.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2012

But the villainous psychiatrist maneuvers Kris into a sanity trial, during which Attorney John Payne, a glad eye on Miss O'Hara, manages by elaborate legal flummery to have him declared competent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just a glad eye last night and a two-minute run this morning.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

Deep in the hero's bosom sank Their love, whose signs his glad eye drank.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

"Which will cost you more, my fair Olympian, than a glad eye."

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford