A "gimlet" is a small hand tool with a pointed spiral tip used to bore holes in wood or metal. It is also a cocktail made with gin and lime juice. Full definition
With gimlet eyes the Senate watches who the President tries to appoint to that Court because it has been a conduit for Supreme Court nominees. (slaw.ca)
Whether describing drinking gin gimlets in motels while working as a writer in residence at a North Dakota school or her battles with feminism and its appealing but angry theological residue, Norris is funny and up close and personal. (bookpage.com)
Every now and then, pairs of gimlet - eyed cops in maroon berets and camouflage would yank some poor devil out of the mob, probe his deteriorating cardboard box with the snout of a machine gun, and haul him off into the shadows. (bookbrowse.com)