glass eye
Americannoun
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any of various fish, birds, etc., having eyes with a glassy or milky appearance.
noun
Etymology
Origin of glass eye
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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“Equipped with a prosthesis simulating a glass eye over his pupil,” we are told, Mr. Day-Lewis “practiced hitting it with the tip of his knife without batting an eyelid.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
Within weeks, Yukov had a new glass eye and was back in Dovhenke, searching for Sasha.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
His father had worn a glass eye since a terrible accident when he was 10, and his mother, Beatrice, had worked at Harper’s Bazaar magazine alongside Diana Vreeland and an upstart Andy Warhol.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
His glass eye, he assumed, was the reason that face-to-face interaction with other people almost always ended badly for him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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