beady

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He shows there as a beady-eyed bonhomme of thirty-five or so, with a Jacobean beard, and his hair brushed back and worn long, like that of our present-day young men The book published, the Sireniacal Gentlemen took off their coats and took up their battledores.

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  1. adjective Small, round, and shiny: beady eyes.
  2. adjective Decorated or covered with beads.

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  • He had not taken on the character of a swamper, as the beady-eyed gangster had thought he would. —  078 - The Crimson Serpent
  • City of Dallas sending out West Nile warnings via beady-eyed animation —  PegasusNews.com stories
  • Blinking her beady, tired little eyes in dazed perplexion through her zombified haze. —  WTF Is It Now?!?
  • What, you're going to listen to that beady-eyed Jim Lehrer on PBS? —  Shaving Stuff
  • Fresh blood for the vampire: A beady-eyed McCain gets a boost from the charismatic Sarah Palin, a powerful new feminist -- yes, feminist! —  redblueamerica.com blogs
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