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glasses à la Psyche

glasses à la Psyche is the plural of glass à la Psyche.

Meaning of glass à la Psyche

Noun

glass à la Psyche (plural glasses à la Psyche)

  1. (historical) A looking-glass specifically designed to give an all round view when preparing one's toilette.
    • On the one side was a stand of moss roses, on the other a dressing-table, and a glass à la Psyche, over whose surface the wax tapers flung a soft light, worthy of any complexion, even had it rivalled the caliph Vathek's pages, whose skins "were fair as the enamel of Frangistan."1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 52

Questions about glasses à la Psyche

What is glasses à la Psyche the plural of?
Glasses à la Psyche is the plural of glass à la Psyche.

Words near glasses à la Psyche in the dictionary

  1. glasseries
  2. glassers
  3. glassery
  4. glasses
  5. glasses of welcome
  6. glasses à la Psyche
  7. glassesed
  8. glassesful
  9. glassesless
  10. glasseslike
  11. Glassey

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