lorgnon
Americannoun
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a monocle or pair of spectacles
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another word for lorgnette
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lorgnon
1840–50; < French, equivalent to lorgn ( er ) ( see lorgnette) + -on noun suffix
Example Sentences
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"Well, you're a pretty girl," said Madame Beattie, dropping her lorgnon.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
Suppose—I flushed miserably at the thought—Charmion herself was discovered sitting in the hall, and raised her lorgnon to quiz me as I passed by!
From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Elizabeth Earnshaw
Then raises to her eyes of blue Her lorgnon, as she looks at you.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
She raised her lorgnon again and examined the printing on the door.
From Juggernaut by Alice Campbell
Madame la Duchesse deigned to ask as she pointed with her lorgnon to the door.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Some of the women stared at the people going by with lorgnons.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
I saw more than one matron of the North Side set stiffen in her seat, while Mrs. Belknap-Jackson and Mrs. Effie turned upon her the chilling broadside of their lorgnons.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
This lorgnon was a new device of hers, and it was already having the happy effect of increasing the sale of long-handled lorgnons throughout the Five Towns.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Mrs. Belknap-Jackson and Mrs. Effie, after a period of futile glaring at her through the lorgnons, seemed to make their resolves simultaneously, and forthwith themselves lighted cigarettes.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
From their seats women put up their lorgnons to look at her, passers-by turned round and stared.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
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