cross-eyed

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Handsome, yes, but also a bit like a cross-eyed cat about to fall off a television.

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  1. Affected with obliquity of vision; squint-eyed.

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  • We googled until we went cross-eyed (sidenote: please don't follow our lead and google: sexy duvet cover, naked bodies on duvets .... it's really ill-advised) and couldn't find anywhere in the states that sold this lovely product, but —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • Amazingly she's not a cross-eyed scale-skinned harridan, she doesn't diss Vets, and she's been to visit the troops in Iraq - can she really be a Democrat? —  Anthroblogogy - on the brink of civilization, or off the edge...
  • When the little circles appear, Golem will turn cross-eyed and remain that way the rest of the battle. —  VideoGamer.com - All Updates
  • Whereas in "Ginza," Araki focuses on a cross-eyed man-whom he photographs four times-in "Subway" the artist takes multiple shots of a couple in conversation and a woman yawning., —  artforum.com
  • We get cross-eyed from looking down bottle necks for lingering bits of anything. —  Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
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