Barrie believed that her mother's hair must have been red, for once she had heard nurse say to Mrs. Muir, "No wonder the sight of the child's a daily eyesore to the mistress; what with them identical dimples, and hair of the selfsame shade, it must be a living reminder of what we'd all be glad to forget."
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
It lies in your sense of possession, which makes Saaron Farm there"-she waved a hand-"an eyesore in the view from this window, and simply because Eli Tregarthen has crossed your will.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Here was a fence which had been an eyesore to her for two or three years!
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht"
Frank R. Stockton