fox eye

English
Fox eye (sense 2).
Fox eye (sense 2).

Noun

fox eye (plural fox eyes)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A type of eye associated with East Asian people, characterized as narrow, slanted, or upturned.
    • 2010, Anchee Min, Pearl of China‎, 1st U.S. edition, →ISBN, page 5:
      When NaiNai was in her prime, she had a slender figure, a sweanlike neck, and a pair of fox eyes with both ends tilted up.
    • 2012, Lesley Downer, The Samurai's Daughter‎, Corgi edition, published 2013, →ISBN, page 132:
      Nobu glimpsed a porcelain face, camellia lips and slanted fox eyes […]
    • 2019 January, Deb Jannerson, “Worst-Case Scenario”, in Obra/Artifact‎, volume 6, page 26:
      She stared past the hastily dyed hair, past the freckle-shielding makeup, and into the girl's sunken fox eyes.
  2. (cosmetics) A makeup technique in which the outer corners of the eyes are darkened to a triangular point.

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