one-eyed
Americanadjective
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having but one eye.
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Cards. being, of, pertaining to, or using a face card or cards on which the figure is shown in profile, such cards being the jack of spades, the jack of hearts, and the king of diamonds in standard packs of cards.
One-eyed jacks are wild.
Etymology
Origin of one-eyed
before 1000; Middle English, Old English
Example Sentences
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Even after Boise City National Bank closed last month, no one eyed First National with suspicion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He nodded toward an empty classroom to the left of the one eyed statue.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Every one eyed him curiously, and Tchekalinsky greeted him cordially.
From The Queen Of Spades by Twitchell, H.
By this, one paused; or that, one eyed; Each chose the bird he wished to ride.
From The Brownies: Their Book by Cox, Palmer
The ancient one eyed his passenger whimsically as the boat stole up to the rungs, so Graeme permitted himself no more than a careless glance at the forbidding ladder and asked, "How about the baggage?"
From Pearl of Pearl Island by Oxenham, John
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