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glass eye

[glas ahy, glahs ahy, glas ahy, glahs ahy] / ˈglæs ˈaɪ, ˈglɑs ˈaɪ, ˈglæs ˌaɪ, ˈglɑs ˌaɪ /
NOUN
artificial eye
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A scene in which Bill taps his glass eye with a knife was not some special effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Within weeks, Yukov had a new glass eye and was back in Dovhenke, searching for Sasha.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

His father had worn a glass eye since a terrible accident when he was 10, and his mother, Beatrice, had worked at Harper’s Bazaar magazine alongside Diana Vreeland and an upstart Andy Warhol.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Then with the sound of a tiny suction, he pulls out the glass eye.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle