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noseglasses

noseglasses 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 noseglasses

What is noseglasses the alternative form of?
Noseglasses is the alternative form of nose glasses.

Words near noseglasses in the dictionary

  1. nosegayed
  2. nosegays
  3. nosegear
  4. nosegent
  5. nosegents
  6. noseglasses
  7. nosegrab
  8. nosegrabs
  9. nosegrind
  10. nosegrinded
  11. nosegrinding

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