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Evil eye

noun

A look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm.

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"Evil eye" Quotes from Famous Books

... my duties of distributing hay and corn, and keeping an account thereof, anything but disagreeable, particularly after I had acquired the good-will of the old ostler, who at first looked upon me with rather an evil eye, considering me somewhat in the light of one who had usurped an office which belonged to himself by the right of succession; but there was little gall in the old fellow, and, by speaking kindly to him, ...

— The Romany Rye • George Borrow

... shall be obliged to remove my quarters, for Eliza was so great a favorite in town that I am looked upon with an evil eye. I pleaded with her, before we parted last, to forgive my seducing her, alleged my ardent love, and my inability to possess her in any other way. "How," said she, "can that be love which destroys its object? But granting ...

— The Coquette - The History of Eliza Wharton • Hannah Webster Foster

... said Meschini with great humility, making horns with his fingers behind his back to ward off the evil eye, and edging away in the direction ...

— Sant' Ilario • F. Marion Crawford

... am so glad to see that you have recovered from your sudden indisposition of this afternoon." But her tone was neither solicitous nor sincere, and she hid her hands in such a way that she might have been making with her fingers the little horns that are supposed to be a protection against the evil eye. ...

— The Title Market • Emily Post

... fell," admonished Mrs. Pelz. "You should have a red ribbon or red beads on his neck to keep away the evil eye. Wait. I ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1919 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

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