gooseberry eye | Idiomator

Meaning: (dated,idiomatic)Aprominent,dulleye.1947,Agatha Christie, “The Capture of Cerberus”, inThe Labours of Hercules:He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiledgooseberry eyesand a degree in psychology!1984,Piers Brendon, “Father and Son”, inWinston Churchill: A Biography:Aged only twenty, she caught thegooseberry eyeof Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once.

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