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quizzing glass

quizzing glass noun: an eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.

Noun

quizzing glass (plural quizzing glasses)

  1. (historical) An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.
    • Some of the symphonies are in practice quite boring and reek of loveless background music for the aristocratic soirées of yesteryear, with brocaded people who have not washed for quite a while kissing hands, fluttering fans and peering through quizzing-glasses.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281

Forms of quizzing glass

pluralquizzing glasses
alternative formquizzing-glass

Questions about quizzing glass

What does quizzing glass mean?
Quizzing glass means an eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.
What part of speech is quizzing glass?
Quizzing glass is a noun.
What is the plural of quizzing glass?
The plural of quizzing glass is quizzing glasses.

Words near quizzing glass in the dictionary

  1. quizzifies
  2. quizzify
  3. quizzifying
  4. quizziness
  5. quizzing
  6. quizzing glass
  7. quizzing glasses
  8. quizzingly
  9. quizzings
  10. quizzish
  11. quizzism

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