gapeseed
gapeseed
1. obsolete Something that is so strange, interesting, or unexpected that it causes one to stare with one's mouth open. A: "I think that seeing a horse in our kitchen certainly counts as gapeseed, don't you?" B: "Uh, indeed. Where is the stable boy?"
2. obsolete Someone who gapes or gawks at something. Show some respect—don't be a gapeseed.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- gape
- gape at
- gape at (someone or something)
- fix (one) with a stare
- a lion in the way
- (from) top to toe
- a ball and chain
- (one's) day in court
- turn heads
- goggle at