pope's eye

noun

1. (in sheep and cows) a gland in the middle of the thigh surrounded by fat

adjective

1. (in Scotland) denoting a cut of steak

Example Sentences

Pope′dom, office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope; Pope′hood, Pope′ship, the condition of being pope; Pope′ling, a little pope; Pop′ery, the religion of which the pope is the head: Roman Catholicism; Pope's′-eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or a sheep; Pope's′-head, a long-handled brush; Pope's′-nose, the fleshy part of a bird's tail.—adj.

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He stopped short, having caught a look from the pope's eye, searching his face intently.

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Ahead at the end of the shaded path she could see the copious white form, the agitated fair wig and red sunshade of Lady Petchworth—— � 4 Mrs. Pope's eye was relentless; nothing seemed hidden from it; nothing indeed was hidden from it; Mr. Magnet's back was diagrammatic.

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All of which evils His Holiness prays may be put away from us, that we may all see the true light, which is the Pope's eye—all salute the true faith, which is the Pope's toe.

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Then were the Cow-boys cowed by the Pope's eye, With which, like many an English-speaking glutton, They'd often met, and fastened on, in mutton.

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