Thursday 31 December 2009

Eyebrowse

n. To glance in a searching manner; a casual visual examination or investigation.
'Their eyebrowsing suggested nothing as a present.'
'She eyebrowsed the evidence, but nothing looked out of place.'

can be used in poetic irony, e.g. 'The furrowed eyebrowsing of listless Christmas shoppers.'

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