four-eyes

See also: four eyes

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Noun

four-eyes (plural four-eyes)

  1. (idiomatic, derogatory) A person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.
    • 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136:
      As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.

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  • specky four-eyes

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