looking glass
a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
the glass used in a mirror.
anything used as a mirror, as highly polished metal or a reflecting surface.
Origin of looking glass
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How to use looking glass in a sentence
The season is around a quarter over, and there’s already a sense that Washington is through the looking glass.
Wait, Washington’s defense … stinks? And its quarterback is … pretty good? | Barry Svrluga | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostPerhaps their temporary visit to our side of the looking glass will help them empathize with what it is like to be autistic.
I’m autistic. I’m hoping I can wear a mask for the rest of my life. | Christine M. Condo | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostBose first built this tech, which it calls OpenAudio, into a product called Frames that turn ordinary looking glasses into headphones.
CES goes full pandemic with smart masks, stickers to detect covid and the biggest WiFi update in years | Geoffrey Fowler, Heather Kelly, Dalvin Brown, Rachel Lerman | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe through-the-looking-glass trope used in Purple Rose of Cairo and a couple of other Allen films again.
Woody Allen’s Best & Worst Movies: ‘Annie Hall’ ‘Match Point’ & More (Video) | Malcolm Jones | July 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJust before you pass through the looking glass, you are looking at your own reflection.
The looking glass effect is routine for many travelers returning from a distant place.
The looking glass exists for everyone who travels back from violent places of the earth.
This is a perfect window into the through-the-looking-glass world of blasphemy-ban advocates.
"Go on talking," returned Eveline, who was standing before the looking-glass washing the paint off her face.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiA candle stood in an empty soda-water bottle on each side of the looking-glass, and there was no other light.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanI'm off of the Pennsy myself, and I'm ashamed to look in the looking-glass since I came out here.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeIt would be more like your fate to fall down cellar and break the looking-glass and set yourself on fire.
Mildred's Inheritance | Annie Fellows JohnstonI'd love to try my fate walking down cellar backwards with a looking-glass in one hand and a candle in the other.
Mildred's Inheritance | Annie Fellows Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for looking glass
a mirror, esp a ladies' dressing mirror
with normal or familiar circumstances reversed; topsy-turvy: a looking-glass world
Origin of looking glass
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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