Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An opera-glass.
- noun A lorgnon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An opera glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
opera glass with ahandle . - noun Elaborate double
eyeglasses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Behind the lorgnette was a large and frowning dowager, who followed up the glare with a loud "Shhh!"
An Unacceptable Offer Balogh, Mary 1988
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"lorgnette" that had been handed to them was a new invention of Thomas A. Edison.
newsleader.com - 2009
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“The funny mistress of five or six accents,” Jane regaled them all with the story of her dinner party, successively taking the part of a lecherous old Oxonian who was trying to pinch her bottom, a drunk Ceylonese official, and a dry old colonial widow with a lorgnette.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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“The funny mistress of five or six accents,” Jane regaled them all with the story of her dinner party, successively taking the part of a lecherous old Oxonian who was trying to pinch her bottom, a drunk Ceylonese official, and a dry old colonial widow with a lorgnette.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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A woman behind me taps me on the shoulder with her lorgnette—out of tempo, by the way—and my new friend and I break it off as the curtain comes up.
Thoughts on High Culture: Opening Night at the Ballet Con Chapman 2011
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Lalique's flora and fauna are everywhere—nude feminine figures with insect wings on a necklace, a lizard lorgnette, an ivy and clover hatpin, swans here, wheat sheaves there, a pair of white peacocks with multicolor tails standing on a heart-shaped citrine.
A Display of Lalique's Beauty Judy Fayard 2011
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A woman behind me taps me on the shoulder with her lorgnette—out of tempo, by the way—and my new friend and I break it off as the curtain comes up.
Thoughts on Culture at the Boston Ballet Con Chapman 2011
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Sotheby 's (Nov. 14) will lead its sale with jeweled pieces made for the Chinese and Turkish markets in the 18th-19th century, including a rare gold, enamel diamond and pearl-set lorgnette watch circa 1810 (estimate: 150,000 francs-200,000 francs).
Celebrating Rare Jewels Margaret Studer 2010
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This was a person … of a particular kind, no longer young … with rather long, still thick, dark hair, slightly streaked with grey and a pointed beard … He had no watch, but he had a tortoiseshell lorgnette on a black ribbon.
The 10 best devils 2010
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I think she thought that Joan would look at her through a lorgnette, and that Stenning would wear a morning-coat and talk about the League.
Movie Night 2010
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