Definitions
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- adjective Referring to a style of
eyeglasses with frames made fromhorn ortortoise shell or a material that resembles such.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either
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Examples
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"Hello, Stephanie," the fortyish man with horn-rimmed spectacles and a pin-striped dress-shirt replied.
Stephanie Consults Her Clipboard [Card #7: The Chariot (WORK-IN-PROGRESS — v.3)] Christopher Snyder 2012
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Out went the crumpled suits and the old-fashioned horn-rimmed spectacles, the extra kilos and the middle-age spread.
François Hollande nomination marks the triumph of Monsieur Ordinary 2011
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Tall and lean, with a bristling mustache and horn-rimmed glasses, the general, Jane thought, looked like a “straight-backed Groucho Marx.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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I pointed to some horn-rimmed ones locked behind a glass, where all the good, designer frames sat, safe from the riff-raff.
Dan Bucatinsky: I Can See Clearly Now Dan Bucatinsky 2011
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Tall and lean, with a bristling mustache and horn-rimmed glasses, the general, Jane thought, looked like a “straight-backed Groucho Marx.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Gromyko was tall, dark, and wore horn-rimmed glasses.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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He wore black horn-rimmed glasses, which he pushed higher onto his thick nose.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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He wore black horn-rimmed glasses, which he pushed higher onto his thick nose.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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Balding, sporting horn-rimmed glasses and measured in his speaking style, Mr. Broder was once likened to an MIT professor in appearance.
David Broder, 81, dies; set 'gold standard' for political journalism 2011
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Gromyko was tall, dark, and wore horn-rimmed glasses.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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