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
An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
“Oh, I don’t know,” Beatrice murmured as she consulted a hand glass.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley
In the ditty box are kept such articles as toothbrush, brush and comb, small hand glass, writing material, and odds and ends.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
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 George (George Augustus) Moore
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