dressing glass

American  

noun

1. a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.

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Etymology

Origin of dressing glass

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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dressing glass

Unconsciously, he was gazing straight before him into the dressing glass, faintly reflecting, in the pale, grey light of the summer night, the objects around.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

If you are going to arrange your hair before your dressing table, you want a light directly over your dressing glass.

From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Item: I give to my grandson, George Washington, my next best dressing glass, one bed, bedstead, bolster, one pillow, one pair of sheets, one blanket and counterpane.

From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by Goolrick, John T.

The count went up to the dressing glass and discovered that he was looking very flushed and had small drops of perspiration on his forehead.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

Dicky's cot was in Helen's room and she had accumulated on her bureau a variety of souvenirs, most of which were pinned to the muslin that framed her dressing glass.

From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)