dressing glass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dressing glass
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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Standing before the dressing glass, was a middle-aged lady in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their “back hair.”
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
Ruth followed her in a few minutes, and going over to the dressing glass stood looking in.
From 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother by Mrs. E. E. Boyd
A dress closet with mirrors on the doors, that turn back to make a three-fold dressing glass.
From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
They rearranged the bows of their cravats in front of the big dressing glass and gave each other a mutual dose of the clothesbrush, for they were all white from their close contact with Nana.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
The woman began by removing her gloves and bonnet before a dressing glass, which was kept in position by a mangy hair brush thrust between the frame and its supports.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
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