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black eye

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Noun

  1. A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
  2. A defeat.
  3. Damage to a reputation.
  4. An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.

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