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granny glasses

NOUN
small eyeglasses
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"In some ways, you stick a wig and a beard on someone, little round granny glasses and a white suit and everyone goes, 'It's John Lennon'"

From BBC Apr. 18, 2025

I wore one of my go-ahead-underestimate-me suits complete with purple granny glasses.

From Slate May 28, 2022

Consider Tavi Gevinson, the fashion blogger turned writer and actress once known for her bulky layers and granny glasses.

From New York Times May 4, 2021

Photos of the future first couple from their university years — granny glasses, peacoats, shaggy hair — reinforced an image of the baby boomers ascending to power.

From Washington Post Oct. 17, 2016

I watch her page through slowly, then put on the granny glasses that hang around her neck and go through the drawings again, and then again.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson



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