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looking glass

American  

noun

  1. a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.

  2. the glass used in a mirror.

  3. anything used as a mirror, as highly polished metal or a reflecting surface.

looking glass British  

noun

  1. a mirror, esp a ladies' dressing mirror

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. with normal or familiar circumstances reversed; topsy-turvy

    a looking-glass world
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of looking glass

First recorded in 1520–30

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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