pince-nez
Example Sentences
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The Widow Ashton looked Penelope up and down through her pince-nez.
From Literature
Gamache does not solve crimes by adjusting his pince-nez and issuing a deduction.
From Seattle Times
He showed me some pince-nez reading glasses that Guinness has gotten for him, which make him look even more like an 18th-century European count.
From New York Times
Improbably bedecked in a bow tie, pince-nez glasses and a mailman’s hat, he held a pickle like a cigar and cracked wise in a voice borrowed from Groucho Marx.
From New York Times
A pair of cracked pince-nez balanced on the end of his twitching nose.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
