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cockeye

[ kok-ahy ]

noun

plural cockeyes.
  1. an eye that squints or is affected with strabismus.


cockeye

/ ˈ°ìÉ’°ìËŒ²¹Éª /

noun

  1. informal.
    an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints
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Origin of cockeye1

1815–25; cock 2 (v.) + eye
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As a kid, with thick glasses, he was called Cockeye.

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Depp earned the moniker "cockeye" from his mother while his brother, who wore glasses and had crooked teeth, was oftentimes called "four eyes" and "bucktooth."

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It’s hard to pick a single moment from the score, but the theme Morricone devised for the doomed gang member Phillip “Cockeye†Stein is astonishingly haunting, not least in its use of Gheorghe Zamfir’s pan flute.

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Ms. Malcolm added, “They couldn’t create a character like Mr. Flood or Cockeye Johnny if you held a gun to their heads.â€

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And Mr. Kunkel reports that Cockeye Johnny Nikanov, who represented many of the Gypsies Mitchell knew, was also invented.

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