cheval glass
Example Sentences
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Near the window stood a superb full-length Empire cheval glass, the kind that women love to dress by and survey their beauty.
From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Eugene Walter
The Phantom, viewing himself in a cheval glass, daubed a dark tint over the gray at his temples.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon
She was peering into the cheval glass over her shoulder, giving her attention to two things at once.
From The High Heart by Basil King
The last speech was delivered in front of a cheval glass, before which the speaker had stopped, as if to admire her person.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
He would, of course, choose an appropriate motif,—a woman trying on a scarf before a cheval glass, for instance, or a young workwoman carrying a band-box on her arm.
From The Gods are Athirst by Emilie Jackson
