horn-rims

[ hawrn-rimz, -rimz ]

/ ˈhɔrnˈrɪmz, -ˌrɪmz /

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horn-rimmed eyeglasses.

QUIZZES

Loosen up your grammar muscles because it’s time to test your knowledge on verb tenses!

Question 1 of 6

The verb tenses can be split into which 3 primary categories?

First recorded in 1925–30

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
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A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
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He told the court he called the retired captain to see exactly where he lived so he knew when to sound the cruise ship horn.
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Available at Jonathan Adler Whisky Tumbler Set—Light Horn, $65 This is drinking at its most fashionable.
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Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
There's one called ze, on top of a hill shaped almost like a horn; she showed me a picture of it.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
The second barrel was discharged with no better result, except that a splinter of its horn was knocked off.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike