Sentence:  [H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that <WSD>pie-eyed</WSD> zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.