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round-eye

[ round-ahy ]

noun

, Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.
, plural round-eyes.
  1. a term used by Asians to refer to a white person of European origin.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of round-eye1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

Approaching as stealthily as a red Indian, I put one large, round eye to the aperture.

The Mre Bourron, who had the dullish round eye of a pig that gleamed suspiciously when she became inquisitive, had supped well.

His minute round eye stared at the strange and tranquil creatures in the boat.

The puffs of smoke, the orange glare, the round eye of light in front of it, the melodious rattle.

The round eye of the flame showed a long, narrow, tunnel-like tube running directly east, under the mountain.

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