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eye job

noun

Etymology

From eye + job, after nose job.

  1. derived from choppe — “piece, bargain”
  2. derived from jobben — “to jab, thrust, peck”
  3. inherited from gobbe — “mass, lump”
  4. compounded as eye job — “eye + job”

Definitions

  1. A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the eyelid(s), especially for…

    A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the eyelid(s), especially for cosmetic reasons.

    • “You don’t look too bad, you know. If you got an eye job you could pass for thirty. Easy.” At least she didn’t have bags under her eyes the way he did. And no one had ever told her before that she needed an eye job. The nerve of the man!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA