Brewer's: Pig-eyes

Very small black eyes, like those of a pig. Southey says, “Those eyes have taught the lover flattery.” The ace of diamonds is called “a pig's eye.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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