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  • Helen refers to herself at one point as a "bitch" the Greek original is "dog-eyed one".

    It's Not All Greek to Him Alexandra Alter 2011

  • We are unhappy, mild, dog-eyed gentlemen, sufficiently well integrated to control our urge in the presence of adults, but ready to give years and years of life for one chance to touch a nymphet p.

    Meet Humbert Polanski 2009

  • We are unhappy, mild, dog-eyed gentlemen, sufficiently well integrated to control our urge in the presence of adults, but ready to give years and years of life for one chance to touch a nymphet p.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • The tell-all sign was the sad, yet determined puppy dog-eyed expression Jason had when he spoke the word “understand.”

    A Dangerous Return Rique Johnson 2007

  • The tell-all sign was the sad, yet determined puppy dog-eyed expression Jason had when he spoke the word “understand.”

    A Dangerous Return Rique Johnson 2007

  • Now the Greeks were certainly sensitive to the expression of animal eyes -- witness "cow-eyed" Hera, or the opprobrious epithet "dog-eyed"; altogether, the more we study what is left of their zoological researches, the more we realize what close observers they were in natural history.

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • Whence that profound word [Greek: kunopes] -- dog-eyed, shameless.

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • Pluck from the Dardans for him, Menelaos, thee too, thou dog-eyed!

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Pluck from the Dardans for him, Menelaos, thee too, thou dog-eyed!

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Pluck from the Dardans for him, Menelaos, thee too, thou dog-eyed!

    A Reading of Life, Other Poems George Meredith 1868

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