lorgnons
- plural of lorgnon.
Example Sentences
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Some of the women stared at the people going by with lorgnons.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
They were playing the last act of "La Calomnie," as Vaughan and De Concressault took their places, put up their lorgnons, and looked round the house.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
The Society ladies turned eagerly in their seats to take in through their lorgnons every detail of the interruption.
From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)
Both Mrs. Belknap-Jackson and Mrs. Effie wielded their lorgnons upon the later comers, thus giving their table quite an air.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
