Definitions
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- adjective (British informal) cross-eyed
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Examples
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Sail on, Sara, and here she is - fully restored - has both her pretty arms, both her tan legs and we're drenched in the sonic sun, boss-eyed and drooling over two pints of snakebite.
My Dead Penny Goring 2011
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Commenting on a letter to the editor describing William and Kate's marriage as a "Darwinian exercise in gene-pool refreshment," Brian Viner, a columnist for the Independent, noted that his wife thinks William should have been forced to stick to "a fat Spanish princess" or "a slightly boss-eyed one from the Netherlands."
Hers is no common story Anthony Faiola 2010
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Commenting on a letter to the editor describing William and Kate's marriage as a "Darwinian exercise in gene-pool refreshment," Brian Viner, a columnist for the Independent, noted that his wife believes William should have been forced to stick to "a fat Spanish princess" or "a slightly boss-eyed one from the Netherlands."
Kate Middleton's 'commoner' status stirs up Britons' old class divide Anthony Faiola 2010
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And in jail, rather than helping to improve the area that he was brought up in, Chris Brown would have ended up being bummed into smithereens by a boss-eyed arsonist with obvious mental health problems.
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A slobbering, boss-eyed cretin chops wood at my side, and when
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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Ah, well, you've made me smart enough now, you boss-eyed old cow, you!
Stage-Land 1893
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Chantelle said: When we were at the altar, Preston was going boss-eyed for a joke while I was saying my vows and that tainted it for me.
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And they are therefore going to reject my old friend and sparring partner, the boss-eyed and pugnacious shadow education secretary, Edward Balls.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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We were told that we were boss-eyed Little Englanders.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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We were told that we were boss-eyed Little Englanders.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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