granny glasses

American  

plural noun

1. eyeglasses with wirelike metal frames that sometimes sit below the bridge of the nose and often have oval lenses.

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granny glasses

"In some ways, you stick a wig and a beard on someone, little round granny glasses and a white suit and everyone goes, 'It's John Lennon'"

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

I wore one of my go-ahead-underestimate-me suits complete with purple granny glasses.

From Slate ● May 28, 2022

Photos of the future first couple from their university years — granny glasses, peacoats, shaggy hair — reinforced an image of the baby boomers ascending to power.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2016

His eyewear — which consisted of asymmetrical '80s shades, granny glasses and third-eye sunnies and bested any performer this side of Elton John — perfectly highlighted his waxed eyebrows and makeup-clad face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2016

They dressed her up in a calico apron, a gray wig, and granny glasses to make her look like an old lady.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen