˜yÐÄvlog

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one-eyed

[ wuhn-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. having but one eye.
  2. Cards. being, of, pertaining to, or using a face card or cards on which the figure is shown in profile, such cards being the jack of spades, the jack of hearts, and the king of diamonds in standard packs of cards:

    One-eyed jacks are wild.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of one-eyed1

before 1000; Middle English, Old English
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On a farm about 45 minutes outside of Houston, a one-eyed horse stared warily at a man who had no business near a barn, livestock or hay.

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He has written a paper with Neil Price, currently professor of archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, about ritual depictions of the one-eyed Norse god Odin.

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Remember the 1975 film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn called “Rooster Cogburn,†a one-eyed marshal hoping to chase down some bad guys?

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A horrid hiss arched above me from the airborne one-eyed cat.

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"She had an operation to remove her right eye and now she's one-eyed Poppy - actually, we just call her Popeye," she said.

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