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☆ red·-eye (red′ī′)

adjective

Slang designating a late-night or all-night commercial airline flight

Etymology: from the bloodshot eyes of someone who has not slept

noun

Slang such a flight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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