/ · 1894 Brewer’s · G · Gimlet Eye (g hard)
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A squint-eye; strictly speaking, “an eye that wanders obliquely,” jocosely called a “piercer.” (Welsh, çwim, a movement round; cwimlaw, to twist or move in a serpentine direction; Celtic, guimble.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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