squint : Idioms & Phrases

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squint-eye

  • noun a person with strabismus
    squinter.
WordNet
Squint"-eye` noun
Definitions
  1. An eye that squints. Spenser.
Webster 1913

squint-eyed

  • adjective affected by strabismus
  • adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
    askant; askance; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint.
    • her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
    • sidelong glances
WordNet
Squint"-eyed` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
  2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
Webster 1913