The word "eyeshade" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a piece of clothing that covers the eyes, such as a sun visor or sleep mask. For example: "Julie was sleeping on the bus, undisturbed by the bright morning sun thanks to her eyeshade."
That historic meeting between the poker-faced Wills, in her trademark white eyeshade, and the flamboyant Lenglen, in her daring dress and silk bandeau, was chronicled in sports and society pages on both sides of the Atlantic.
Now, after Mr. Manry's splendid feat, we feel sure that there will be a stiffening of backbones around the copydesks everywhere-a certain rake to the angle of the eyeshade, a certain new snap to the snip of the scissors.
They took considerable pride in working in an industry where decisions were not made in what Kent Kresa, the chairman of Northrop, dismissed as "a green eyeshade way".
The fact that he's five foot seven and automatically calls to mind the term "green eyeshade" could actually work in his favor.
Mr. Zakaria had been mentioned as a possible replacement for Mr. Meacham, but he said he had little interest in putting on the editor's eyeshade full time.
The Grandma Moses of tennis artists, Billie Jean King, will be chasing the stylish Helen Wills Moody in eyeshade and lengthy skirt.
The difference between this approach and Mr Bush's has reopened an old division in Republican ranks between tax-slashing supply-siders and what used to be called "green-eyeshade Republicans"—fiscal conservatives concerned about balancing the budget.
New-media upstarts like internet TV, social networking, mash-ups, web stores and online gaming with their ability to stream content direct to smart phones, tablets, e-readers, laptops and game consoles have begun to eat the green-eyeshade brigade's breakfast, lunch and tea.
The dull, green-eyeshade image is being replaced by something altogether more creative, sexy even.
Growth takes care of deficits, he argued, warning his party against being "green-eyeshade" types obsessed with austerity.Explaining why he differs from his former mentor on this, Mr Ryan points out that Kemp worked in an age when far smaller sums went on pensions, health care for the old and other social transfers, and deficits were less of a worry.
The plan's advocates claim that green-eyeshade nitpicking has no place in discussions of national defense.
