cross-eyed

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Vacationing in Chicago, a practical, small-town spinster discovers her landlord's corpse, scolds the police, shadows a cross eyed man, gets thrown downstairs and discovers the ingenious criminal.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think he was a Jona; anyway he was so cross eyed that if he'd aimed a gun at Berlin he would have shot an eye out of Constantinopel.

From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney

If she meets a cross eyed person, she crosses her fingers and spits on them to break the bad spell.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

And it was no trick at all for him to look wall eyed one minute, cross eyed the next, and then straighten 'em out with a jerk of his head.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell