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Black eye   /blæk aɪ/   Listen
Black eye

noun
1.
A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.  Synonyms: mouse, shiner.
2.
A bad reputation.
3.
An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.  Synonyms: blow, reversal, reverse, setback.






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"Black eye" Quotes from Famous Books



... the big watther as bould as a shtork. 'Tis a dochther I am and well versed in the thrade; I can mix yez a powdher as good as is made. Have yez pains in yer bones or a throublesome ache In yer jints afther dancin' a jig at a wake? Have yez caught a black eye from some blundhering whack? Have yez vertebral twists in the sphine av yer back? Whin ye're walkin' the shtrates are yez likely to fall? Don't whiskey sit well on yer shtomick at all? Sure 'tis botherin' nonsinse to sit down and wape Whin a bit av a powdher ull put ...
— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn

... eighth, for the ninth some would die; He who wouldn't see right would have a black eye. At length these two factions so positive grew, They each had a birthday, ...
— Lincoln's Yarns and Stories • Alexander K. McClure

... said Johnson. "Curry has got too many friends higher up, and if we should try it and fall down it would give the track a black eye. The sucker horsemen would be leery ...
— Old Man Curry - Race Track Stories • Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

... so far as I can see, almost every conceivable kind of accident happens during a violent gale—everything, from death to a black eye. But, all the same, I wish you could ...
— A Dream of the North Sea • James Runciman

... is already dead! stabbed with a white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a love song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft: and is he ...
— Romeo and Juliet • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]


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