nose glasses
nose glasses noun: a style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.
Noun
nose glasses pl (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
- Speaker, nervously twiddling nose-glasses, instinctively stretches out hand for new Procedure Rules, like Old Bailey Judge fumbling for black cap.1885, Vanity Fair, Volume 33, p. 140, “Diary of Rasper, M.P.,”
- Synonyms:
- pince-nez, pinch-nose glasses
- 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
Synonyms of nose glasses
Forms of nose glasses
| alternative form | noseglasses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nose-glasses |
Questions about nose glasses
- What does nose glasses mean?
- Nose glasses means a style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.
- What part of speech is nose glasses?
- Nose glasses is a noun.
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