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Catchword for “stinke-eye”
Catchword: stinke-eye
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Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: There had been a family of seven or eight dolpins cruising up and down the local beaches.…I paddled towards them (nothing violent or sudden, just an easy paddle out towards ‘em).…he Lead Dude (Bull?) stopped his up and down swimming style, and slowed down a bit, spearing me with stink-eye, and staying on the surface until the rest of the family went by.
Article or Document Title:
“Re: Only Surfing” (URL)
Author:
“Leif Eric Johnson”
(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Usenet: alt.surfing
Date of Publication:
Jan. 30, 1992
This cite belongs to a full entry for stink eye.
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