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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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Gills (g hard)
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Gilt (g hard)
Gilt-edge Investments
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