pope's eye
Britishnoun
adjective
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Pope′dom, office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope; Pope′hood, Pope′ship, the condition of being pope; Pope′ling, a little pope; Pop′ery, the religion of which the pope is the head: Roman Catholicism; Pope's′-eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or a sheep; Pope's′-head, a long-handled brush; Pope's′-nose, the fleshy part of a bird's tail.—adj.
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He stopped short, having caught a look from the pope's eye, searching his face intently.
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Ahead at the end of the shaded path she could see the copious white form, the agitated fair wig and red sunshade of Lady Petchworth—— � 4 Mrs. Pope's eye was relentless; nothing seemed hidden from it; nothing indeed was hidden from it; Mr. Magnet's back was diagrammatic.
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Then were the Cow-boys cowed by the Pope's eye, With which, like many an English-speaking glutton, They'd often met, and fastened on, in mutton.
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The tit-bits with an epicure are the “knuckle,” the kernel, called the “pope’s eye,” and the “gentleman’s” or “cramp bone,” or, as it is called in Kent, the “CAW CAW,” four of these and a bounder furnish the little masters and mistresses of Kent with their most favourite set of playthings.
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