单词 | boss-eyed |
释义 | boss-eyed, a. dial. and slang. [Cf. boss v.3, boss-shot.] Having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed. Also fig. oblique, crooked, one-sided.
1860Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2). 1882Chamberlain W. Worc. Gloss., Boss-eyed, squinting. 1890[see boss-shot]. 1898Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., The horse shied and we ran up against the gate-post, and knocked the step of the cart all boss-eyed. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xi. 214 It is unlucky for a cross-eyed woman to look at you... When somebody who is boss-eyed goes by you spit on the ground. |

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