Without any context, the only suggestion I can make is that it's a derogatory way of referring to someone with too much make-up around rather old, wrinkled or baggy eyes (ie putty as a substance for filling cracks). Nasty thing to say, but I think that might be it... :o)
Frazer

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So now we know - a double pun and Mads guessed them both a couple of hours ago. Hats off to you, sir...

All I can say, without more context, is that the other suggestions are good; but the first thing that occurred to me was eyes like putty - a dead material with a bland colour and blank surface.

another possible version

Jim will do whatever Emma wants - he's (like) putty in her hands (=is easily influenced and controlled by her).

Definitely a pun on "pretty" eyes there. Silly Putty is a name brand product: elastic stuff" used for fun and stress reduction, so maybe the eyes are made of it and they are to be bounced or squeezed?

"I swan, he has got putty eyes. Jes'
as blue as a May flower. Ain't ye hungry? Come right in, both o ..."

"Silly Putty®: ... When it outsold everyother item in his store, Hodgson mass produced
Silly Putty as "the toywith one moving part," selling up to 300 eggs a day. ... "


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Not silly putty eyes, but real cow eyes after all. Yummmy!

I've heard (read) before the expression "putty mouth". It usually refers to a young woman/girl, Lolita type, who always seem to have an attitude "I-am-a-little-girl-and-somebody-is-being-nasty-and-doesn't-give-me-what-I-want". Also, there is "don't be putty" with a similar meaning . Don't confuse with pouty - although there is a similarity, the sense is quiet different. One will never use "putty" to describe the girl next-door.

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In a certain context, putty mouth means just vulgar, dirty

Looking at the other various knockabout procedures Sylvia is asking about tonight, I'm wondering if this putty one is part of a similarly Draconian amusement..? 'To putty' can also be a verb (to apply the stuff, transitive), so I wonder if this is simply an instruction (God forbid) to apply it to the victim's eyes...?
(Again, a bit more context would help.)Any thoughts?

just a thought... maybe it was meant to read "puffy" (as in swollen)

good luck

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3 way pun:

Pun on purty = pretty
Pun on golfing ; using putty instead of purty and also putting...they are putting the eyes into the mouth
Pun also (getting far-fetched here) on Little Red Riding Hood in: 'My grandma, what purty eyes you have' 'All the better for putting at you with!' (Sorry!!)
Also...if you think of the texture of a cows eye (or any eye for that matter...remember dissection classes in Biology?)...it is a little bit like putty, soft yet solid, squidgy yet firm...

I go too far.
Enjoy your breakfasts.

NB: I think this is quite a clever one...far nicer than carnie puke!


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Oh, and don\'t forget cow pats!

Very tenous link, here.
Patty...a little pie.

And finally, another meaning for a putty (fig.noun) is a weak-willed, easily manipulated person...anyone silly enough to take part in these marvellous games!

Maybe putty refers to the color green, since the putting green is...um...uh...green. Yeah, I know it's far-fetched but so are some of the other brilliant and highly creative suggestions that have been made here:-)