Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gazes; one who looks steadily and intently; an attentive on-looker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who gazes.
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- noun One who
gazes
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Examples
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If thou art, as many in this pretending age, a sign or title gazer, and comest into books as Cato into the theatre, to go out again, — thou hast had thy entertainment; farewell!
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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[28] It is not without good reason therefore, that he claims a serious perusal in return: “Reader, if thou art as many in this pretending age, a sign or title gazer, and comest into books as Cato into the theatre, to go out again, — thou hast had thy entertainment: farewell.”
Life of Dr Owen 1965
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If thou art, as many in this pretending age, a sign or title gazer, and comest into books as Cato into the theatre, to go out again, - thou hast had thy entertainment; farewell! "
Popular Posts Across MetaFilter Despondent_Monkey 2010
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The gazer was a man, of whom, however, Philip could make nothing out but his white shirt front and his tall stature, and the long black tubes of the opera-glass.
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But what most interested the gazer was the calm, cold face, in which not a particle of color was visible; the keen, gray eye, which seemed to be reading one's very soul, and the firm, grave mouth, with its expression of energy and power.
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He is the most persistent "gazer" I have yet met in Asia; hour after hour he squats on his hams at my feet and stares intently into my face, as though trying hard to read my inmost thoughts.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Thanks for asking, KarmaCHEESE - the word "gazer" came to my mind while writing the post - but I wasn't exacly sure what it meant - english not being my language and so on - so, I just googled it and there it was on top of the list.
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Thanks for asking, KarmaCHEESE - the word "gazer" came to my mind while writing the post - but I wasn't exacly sure what it meant - english not being my language and so on - so, I just googled it and there it was on top of the list.
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And Mary Catherine is what that old biddy, Clara of the Bowed Legs and Beehive her hair, who lives in the cottage across the path, calls a navel gazer.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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And Mary Catherine is what that old biddy, Clara of the Bowed Legs and Beehive her hair, who lives in the cottage across the path, calls a navel gazer.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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