dressing glass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dressing glass
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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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
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 Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
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
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
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 Émile Zola
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