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glad eye

noun

Informal.
  1. a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.


glad eye

noun

  1. informal.
    an inviting or seductive glance (esp in the phrase give ( someone ) the glad eye )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glad eye1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Yes, the shadow of neoliberal corporate opportunism is lurking – with a glad eye fixed suggestively on our national assets, in this case our water, but this wasn’t really what brought me to the demonstration.

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Arsenal are also giving Manchester City centre-back Matija Nastasic the glad eye, but will have to compete with the flirty-come-hither looks of a certain Italian Old Lady.

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And in other goalkeeper news, Sunderland are giving Costel Pantilimon the glad eye after he was shown to the door marked ‘Do One’ by Manchester City suits.

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Swansea and Reading are also rumoured to be giving Aspas the glad eye.

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Arsenal may try to muscle in on the Rémy action and are also being linked with a move for Toulouse enforcer Moussa Sissoko, who is also being given the glad eye by Newcastle.

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