hand glass
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The prize proved to be a most tempting one, a tiny brush and comb and cunning hand glass in a little satin-lined box.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
Mrs. Verne picked up the ivory-backed hand glass within her reach, and looking into its depths, exclaimed, "Mrs. Verne, of St. John, New Brunswick—not exactly beautiful, but a pretty and fascinating woman."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
“Oh, I don’t know,” Beatrice murmured as she consulted a hand glass.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley