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Jul 27, 2008
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Daylights

The eyes, which let daylight into the sensorium.

To darken one's daylights.
To give one such a blow on the eyes with the fist as to prevent seeing. (Pugilistic slang.)

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