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Black eye   /blæk aɪ/   Listen
Black eye

noun
1.
A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.  Synonyms: mouse, shiner.
2.
A bad reputation.
3.
An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.  Synonyms: blow, reversal, reverse, setback.






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"Black eye" Quotes from Famous Books



... it happen, w'en her head come on ma shoulder, An' her black eye on de moonlight, lak de star shine—dat 's de way. (Mebbe it 's becos de springtam) so I ketch her han' an' tole her Of how moche I 'd lak to tak' her on some contree ...
— The Voyageur and Other Poems • William Henry Drummond

... a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me—it was ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

... seemed to take special delight in sending her out on every story which would "give married life a black eye." When the father left the little children destitute, when the mother ran away with the other man, or the jealous wife shot the other woman, Georgia was always right on the spot because they said she was so clever at that sort of thing. "Oh it makes one just ...
— The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell

... leaves! What a jolly old Jack-in-the-Green you must have looked like! Which of those scars on your face is the arrow-wound, eh? Oh, that's it—is it? I say, old boy, you've got a black eye! Did any of those fellows in the Snuggery hit hard enough ...
— Hide and Seek • Wilkie Collins

... how the elegant aristocrat would behave. To say that he stared, feebly expresses the fixity of his noble gaze, as it rested in turn upon the three faces opposite. When satisfied, he also produced a paper and began to read. But Matilda caught a big, black eye peering over the sheet more than once, as she peered over the top of ...
— Shawl-Straps - A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag • Louisa M. Alcott


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