lynx-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lynx-eyed
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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In it, lynx-eyed Washington viewers can even catch a glimpse of D.C.’s most debonair collector, Mark Samuels Lasner, and a quick shot of the young Allan Stypeck, owner of Second Story Books.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2020
When a great couturier gives a showing, he may be sure that many a lynx-eyed copyist will attend, that many a minor dressmaker will quickly ape his best creations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flagship of the combined fleet was the 37-year-old British-built Idumo with lynx-eyed Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa in command.
From Time Magazine Archive
And because Chekhov was compassionate as well as lynx-eyed, Vanya shows how real the hurts can be, however comic the poses and self-pities.
From Time Magazine Archive
One thing lynx-eyed Lucy discovered concerning 218 the secretary was her extreme carelessness in filing.
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline
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