hand glass
Americannoun
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a magnifying glass with a handle
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a small mirror with a handle
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a small glazed frame for seedlings or plants
Etymology
Origin of hand glass
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
And when at the end of his inventions the leader fell back on the hand glass and the cushion, Mildred refused dance after dance.
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Miss King gave her a hand glass before replying.
From Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School by Whitehill, Dorothy
The checking of each panel was determined by examining with a small high-power hand glass magnifying fifteen diameters.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
"What do you think of yourself now?" and she placed a hand glass before her.
From Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover by Libbey, Laura Jean
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