Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the fresh, bright eyes or look of youth.
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Examples
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And young-eyed Lewdness walks her midnight rounds:
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There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still choiring to the young-eyed cherubins.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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"Nancy must be joking," thought Judith as she tried to decide why the cherubims were "young-eyed."
Judy of York Hill Ethel Hume Bennett
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"I will make these young-eyed maidens immortal," said the Sagalie Tyee.
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Even the young-eyed cherubim, choiring on meadows of asphodel, might cease their harping for a time to listen to a tale of the vanished earth, told by that golden tongue.
The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911
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Then the Sagalie Tyee smiled on His Indian children: 'I will make these young-eyed maidens immortal,' He said.
Legends of Vancouver 1911
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Even the young-eyed cherubim, choiring on meadows of asphodel, might cease their harping for a time to listen to a tale of the vanished earth, told by that golden tongue.
The Story Girl 1908
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It is as if the pearly gates had been opened for a brief interval to let the earth hear the "quiring of the young-eyed cherubims."
Some Spring Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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He was beautiful again, radiant and young-eyed as the choiring cherubim.
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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I'll make sure there isn't any young-eyed cherubin business about David.
The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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