red eye

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red eye (American very informal)

cheap whiskey (= strong alcoholic drink) The man was leaning against the wall, swigging from a bottle of red eye.

See also: eye, red

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It got thicker and thicker, till it seemed as if it became concentrated into a sort of pillar of cloud in the room, through the top of which I could see the light of the gas shining like a red eye. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context That of the serf, or bondsman, was sad and sullen; his aspect was bent on the ground with an appearance of deep dejection, which might be almost construed into apathy, had not the fire which occasionally sparkled in his red eye manifested that there slumbered, under the appearance of sullen despondency, a sense of oppression, and a disposition to resistance. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context At last, in my despair, I saw a little door in the roof, and on poking it open, a red eye appeared, and a beery voice said. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			recoil at the sight recoil from recommend recommend as recommend for recommend to recompense for reconcile reconcile oneself to reconcile with reconstruct from record record from record in record on recount to recoup from recover from recruit recruit for recruit from recruit into recuperate from red red as a cherry red eye red herring red in the face red ink red tape red-blooded red-carpet treatment red-hot red-letter day rededicate oneself or to redound on reduce reduce by reduce from reduce to reduce to silence reduce to tears reduced to doing reed reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall reef a sail in reek of reel reel back reel in reel off			red dye red dye red dye Red Eagle Red Earth Red Earth Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival Red Earth Trading Company Red Earths Red ebony Red Edge Inflection Point red eft red eft red eft Red Eléctrica de España Red Electrica Española red elm red elm red elm Red Eminence Red Eminence Red Emma red emperor Red empress Red Ensign red ensigns Red envelope Red Envelope Entertainment Red Equipment Area Red Estonian Cattle red eye Red Eye (newspaper) Red Eye (newspaper) red eye removal red eye removal red eye removal Red Eyebrow Rebellion Red Eyebrows Red eyed tree frog Red Eyes Darkness Dragon Red Faction Red Faction 2 Red Faction Game Tracker Red Faction: Guerilla red factor Red Fades to Black red false mallow Red fermented rice Red Fern Theatre Company red fever Red figure Red figure pottery Red figure style red filter red filter red filter red filter red filter red fir red fir red fir

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