Definitions
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- adjective rare
gimlet-eyed ,piercing , sharp-sighted
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Examples
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I was getting to like the little chap. His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
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He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes.
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I was getting to like the little chap. His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
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I was getting to like the little chap. His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
The Man who Died 1915
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He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes.
The Man who Died 1915
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He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes.
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He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes.
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 1907
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I was getting to like the little chap. His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 1907
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The children will be picayunish and over-nice and sharp-featured and potty before and gimlety behind.
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They'll be picayunish and nice and sharp featured and gimlety, but they won't do to bet on like them children that's been bro't up 'round
bilby commented on the word gimlety
"I was just fitting my key into the door when I noticed a man at my elbow. I had not seen him approach, and the sudden appearance made me start. He was a slim man, with a short brown beard and small, gimlety blue eyes. I recognized him as the occupant of a flat on the top floor, with whom I had passed the time of day on the stairs."
- John Buchan, 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'.
August 27, 2009