lorgnon
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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)
The lady put up her lorgnon and bowed amiably to Miss Landgrave, who was talking eagerly to her uncle....
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
Mrs. Lawton ostentatiously lifted her lorgnon, and again the girls exclaimed: "Why, mamma!"
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara
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
The Countess meanwhile, with lorgnon at her eyes, indifferently gazes at her surroundings.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip
Some of the women stared at the people going by with lorgnons.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
They both put up their lorgnons and gave her a swift glance.
From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson
This lorgnon was a new device of hers, and it was already having the happy effect of increasing the sale of long-handled lorgnons throughout the Five Towns.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
They were playing the last act of "La Calomnie," as Vaughan and De Concressault took their places, put up their lorgnons, and looked round the house.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
Suddenly there was a stir, followed by a hush in the conversation, and monocles and lorgnons went up.
From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson
