dressing glass

noun

Origin of dressing glass

First recorded in 1705–15

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Now I found it all over my room—in my purse, in various drawers, and on the toilet-tray under my dressing-glass.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall Caine
See him seated before his dressing-glass, a mahogany-framed sliding cheval glass with brass arms on either sides for candles.
English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
Sybil went to her dressing-glass and began to arrange her somewhat disordered hair.
Cruel As The Grave | Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
On entering my room I walked straight to the dressing-glass, and stood gazing at myself; ay, and with some little favour too!
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art | Various
Gerald was standing next morning in front of his dressing-glass, and referred to his pointed beard.
'19,000' | Burford Delannoy

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