one-eyed

[wuhn-ahyd]

one-eyed

[wuhn-ahyd]
adjective
1.
having but one eye.
2.
Cards. being, of, pertaining to, or using a face card or cards on which the figure is shown in profile, such cards being the jack of spades, the jack of hearts, and the king of diamonds in standard packs of cards: One-eyed jacks are wild.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English
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One-eyed is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
WordNet
one-eyed

adjective
having or showing only one eye; "one-eyed Jacks are wild"; "the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth" 
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