lorgnon

Example Sentences

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She was coldly staring at Harris through a platinum lorgnon.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair

"Well, you're a pretty girl," said Madame Beattie, dropping her lorgnon.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

The lady put up her lorgnon and bowed amiably to Miss Landgrave, who was talking eagerly to her uncle....

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

I found the lorgnon in the street and carried it back to the Belvedere.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

She even put up her lorgnon and though she was not very tall, she contrived to look Hector through them straight between the eyes.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness