glad eye
a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.
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How to use glad eye in a sentence
We note that there is a strong cast in The glad eye which has made its appearance again.
I forget the anxious in my happy of that day, and turn with glad eye on Tãke Chan.
Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God | Fannie C. MacaulayI shan't forget, to my dying day, that when you gave me the glad eye that time in the garden, you were making a fool of me.
Heartbreak House | George Bernard ShawI've given her the glad eye once or twice, but I guess there's nothing doing.
The Trembling of a Leaf | William Somerset Maugham(She gives him the glad eye) Why didn't you kiss the spot to make it well?
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for glad eye
informal an inviting or seductive glance (esp in the phrase give (someone) the glad eye)
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