pipe the eye

== English == === Etymology === A metaphor alluding to the boatswain's pipe, which calls to duty. === Verb === pipe the eye (third-person singular simple present pipes the eye, present participle piping the eye, simple past and past participle piped the eye) (archaic, idiomatic) To weep. ==== Alternative forms ==== pipe one's eye ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary