berry-eyed

Updated: July 12, 2025

There were twenty-five twinkling, berry-eyed babelets with their satiny black down hanging like bangs over their eyes, and their tubby little stomachs covered with fine garments and bound about with gorgeous sashes. They squatted on their little heels and sucked their little thumbs, and waited in wondering patience for this strange mystery to occur.

Mary Helen Fee - A Woman's Impression of the Philippines

A berry-eyed old Indian woman with the complexion of dried salmon; her daughter, also with berry eyes, and with a face that seemed wholly made of a moist laugh; 'Yellow Bob, a Digger 'buck, so called from the prevailing ochre markings of his cheek, and 'Washooh, an ex-chief; a nondescript in a blanket, looking like a cheap and dirty doll whose fibrous hair was badly nailed on his carved wooden head, composed the Culpepper household.

Bret Harte - The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales