lorgnon

Example Sentences

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That is no pomander," I replied, "but a lorgnon.

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

Mrs. Pope observed it critically through her gold lorgnon.

From The Brute by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

Mrs Fanshawe waved her lorgnon, and murmured some vague words which might, or might not, have been intended as an apology.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Mascha puts up her lorgnon, looks into the room.

From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip

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