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gimlet

[gim-lit] / ˈgɪm lɪt /
NOUN
auger
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But the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland keeps a gimlet eye on inflation data, and it has some estimates.

From MarketWatch

His Joel had a gimlet eye and wore his heart on his sleeve; he was sometimes goofy but always in on the joke.

From Los Angeles Times

That is, until the gin gimlets started to flow at sundown.

From Salon

No detail is too small for Caro’s gimlet eye, which is currently trained on finishing Volume 5.

From Los Angeles Times

With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.

From Los Angeles Times