gooseberry eye

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gooseberry eye (plural gooseberry eyes)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) A prominent, dull eye.
    • 1947, Agatha Christie, “The Capture of Cerberus”, in The Labours of Hercules:
      He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiled gooseberry eyes and a degree in psychology!
    • 1984, Piers Brendon, “Father and Son”, in Winston Churchill: A Biography:
      Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once.
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