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quizzing glasses

quizzing glasses is the plural of quizzing glass.

Meaning of quizzing glass

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

Questions about quizzing glasses

What is quizzing glasses the plural of?
Quizzing glasses is the plural of quizzing glass.

Words near quizzing glasses in the dictionary

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

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