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hornrims

hornrims noun: horn-rimmed spectacles.

Noun

hornrims pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) horn-rimmed spectacles
    • Tonight after carefully plaiting my hair, and putting on the cute tweed suit […] I grabbed my horn-rims and rushed down to a staff meeting of the GCN.1973 August 25, Rita, “Excerpts From The Journal Of Mzzz. Rita Digest”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 10, page 3

Origin of hornrims

From horn + rims.

Questions about hornrims

What does hornrims mean?
Hornrims means horn-rimmed spectacles.
What part of speech is hornrims?
Hornrims is a noun.

Words near hornrims in the dictionary

  1. hornpout
  2. hornpouts
  3. hornpox
  4. HornPub
  5. hornrimmed
  6. hornrims
  7. horns
  8. Horns Bridge
  9. Horns Cross
  10. horns of plenty
  11. horns out

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