glass eye
noun
1
: an artificial eye made of glass
2
: an eye having a pale, whitish, or colorless iris
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The mysterious Beast of Sugar Flats Road The head of the Beast of Sugar Flats Road looks like something out of a horror movie with its white-yellow fur, blackish skin, slack jaw, missing teeth and glass eyes.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
One heavy gets punched so hard that his glass eye pops out and rolls into a mousehole.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Minnie endured the abuse for years, and the violence left permanent marks: scars on her body and a glass eye.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
While getting ready for a wedding, a teacher named Todd (Mr. T to his students) is strangled to death by a supposed chauffeur, who assumes his identity with the help of facial prosthetics and a fake glass eye to match Todd’s real one.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
One heavy gets punched so hard that his glass eye pops out and rolls into a mousehole.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Minnie endured the abuse for years, and the violence left permanent marks: scars on her body and a glass eye.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
While getting ready for a wedding, a teacher named Todd (Mr. T to his students) is strangled to death by a supposed chauffeur, who assumes his identity with the help of facial prosthetics and a fake glass eye to match Todd’s real one.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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“Glass eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glass%20eye. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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glass eye
noun1
: an artificial eye made of glass
2
: an eye having a pale, whitish, or colorless iris
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