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Lorgnette   Listen
noun
Lorgnette  n.  An opera glass; pl. Elaborate double eyeglasses.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lorgnette" Quotes from Famous Books



... boy?" she demanded sharply. Then she put up her lorgnette, and examined him closely as if of a new ...
— Five Little Peppers at School • Margaret Sidney

... smart with your professional terms?" Elinor Pomeroy laughed, dropping the lorgnette through which she had been idly studying the house. "What I'D like to know," she added interestedly, "what I'D like to know is, who's doing this for Magsie Clay? Vera Villalonga says she knows, but ...
— The Heart of Rachael • Kathleen Norris

... Gray was saying, smiling at the group of girls who surrounded her, as she examined them through her lorgnette, "most of you I have known since you were little tots, and your fathers and mothers before you; but I don't know which of you excels in her studies. Is ...
— Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School - The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls • Jessie Graham Flower

... the window and said not a single word. I did not have any convenient cup of tea in my hand to throw in that lady's face in a manner that would not be permitted a gentleman, but if I had had the very lovely lorgnette that has descended to me from my Great Grandmamma, the wife of the old Flanders grandsire, I would have settled the matter with very little trouble in an entirely ladylike manner. As it was, I did not know what to do but stand and then stand longer. Just at the ...
— The Daredevil • Maria Thompson Daviess



Words linked to "Lorgnette" :   glasses, spectacles, eyeglasses



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