Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contagious influenza of horses.
- noun A small eye.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pinkeye .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, it turns out that I do not have pink-eye … Nor am I having a reaction to my blood pressure medication.
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The pink-eye patrol is off to Albuquerque to spread our disease throughout the American Southwest, so blogging will be noticeably irregular for the rest of the week.
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The day before yesterday, my eyes started getting itchy and I had the familiar symptoms of “pink-eye” or Conjunctivitis.
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The day before yesterday, my eyes started getting itchy and I had the familiar symptoms of “pink-eye” or Conjunctivitis.
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The pink-eye patrol is off to Albuquerque to spread our disease throughout the American Southwest, so blogging will be noticeably irregular for the rest of the week.
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So, it turns out that I do not have pink-eye … Nor am I having a reaction to my blood pressure medication.
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Don't make the same mistake I did and let it give you pink-eye.
Creeping Crud grrm 2010
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Eating off of your desk exposes you to more germs than licking a toilet seat or sharing mascara with that assistant who keeps getting pink-eye.
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent: Top Ten Tips for Working Like a Hot Chick 2010
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Eating off of your desk exposes you to more germs than licking a toilet seat or sharing mascara with that assistant who keeps getting pink-eye.
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent: Top Ten Tips for Working Like a Hot Chick 2010
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We want to put away the guy with the bat, the pink-eye told him.
Long Way Home Laura Caldwell 2010
actung commented on the word pink-eye
"Chiefly in Western Australia: a period of rest, a holiday; spec. a journey undertaken by an Australian Aborigine in order to withdraw temporarily from white society and return to a more traditional lifestyle." OED
May 6, 2013