beadies

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English

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Etymology

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In reference to the common collocation beady-eyed or beady eyes.

Noun

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beadies pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) eyes
    • 2013, Eoin Colfer, Screwed:
      Especially ones like the Broadway Park House, an old-world Central Park South upscale joint with uniformed doormen shooting me the beadies the moment Evelyn and I are disgorged into the lobby by a revolving door.
    • 2015, Bill Reed, Dogod:
      With its beadies on him from out in the corridor and its massive sneakers upon the wafer thin yielding (he yell'd!) glass of the compartment door.