Almond-eyed
having long or narrow, oval-shaped eyes.
Historical Examples
A few squares of straw matting make a bath-house, and a big stone jar is the tub of comfort for the almond-eyed campaigner.
The North Pacific Willis Boyd Allen
There were seven in the party, including a heathen from the flowery kingdom, almond-eyed—Ah Yang.
Fishing With The Fly Charles F. Orvis and Others
Already we have nearly a hundred thousand of these almond-eyed strangers on the Pacific Coast, and the number swells monthly.
Across America James F. Rusling
Then, without warning, an almond-eyed, pigtailed head appeared on the stairs and looked upwards.
A Bid for Fortune Guy Boothby
This energetic wooer, lemon-faced and almond-eyed, imparts to the music a spicy flavor, grotesque and Japanese.
Stars of the Opera Mabel Wagnalls
That almond-eyed soldier swept like a grain of chaff before the winnowing-fan of war?
Sylvia & Michael Compton Mackenzie
Down there, where daylight never came, a group of yellow, almond-eyed men were bending over a table playing fan-tan.
Children of the Tenements Jacob A. Riis
Bare-legged, almond-eyed fishermen sat before them, mending their nets.
Walking Shadows Alfred Noyes
adjective
having narrow oval eyes
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