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nose-glasses

nose-glasses is the alternative form of nose glasses.

Meaning of nose glasses

Noun

nose glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.
    • Old Waller, elbowing his way through the crowd, planted himself right before his shop, putting on his nose-glasses, and measuring the amount of the damage;1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105
  2. (plural, plural-only) A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn as a humorous disguise.
    • The magic shop purveyed such goodies as the arrow-through-the-head and nose glasses, props I turned into professional assets later on.2007, Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life, New York: Scribner, published 2008, page 40

Questions about nose-glasses

What is nose-glasses the alternative form of?
Nose-glasses is the alternative form of nose glasses.

Words near nose-glasses in the dictionary

  1. nose-dives
  2. nose-diving
  3. nose-ender
  4. nose-enders
  5. nose-first
  6. nose-glasses
  7. nose-ish
  8. nose-job
  9. nose-jobs
  10. nose-led
  11. nose-nipper

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