lorgnon

Example Sentences

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"What lace is that around your neck?" calls out Anna, angrily, looking at her mother through her lorgnon.

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

A lorgnon is of course "Hoch elegant," also quite irresistibly snorty, if you are playing an elderly Duchess type of person.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen

Suppose—I flushed miserably at the thought—Charmion herself was discovered sitting in the hall, and raised her lorgnon to quiz me as I passed by!

From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Earnshaw, Elizabeth

For an instant they wavered, for Caterina had sprung upon the float and was gazing at them through her lorgnon.

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