nose glasses
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of nose glasses
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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On the man's head he has drawn nose glasses, bunny ears and a hat with an arrow through it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore striped pants, a wing collar, a spade-tailed coat, and nose glasses leashed with yards of black, fluttering ribbon.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the end of the act I was wearing the hat with the arrow, the balloon animals, the nose glasses and the bunny ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pale and unsmiling, he signed; "Judge" Hull, scowling, affixed his nose glasses and signed after him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the day Eleanore had disentangled the cord of his nose glasses from the button of his top coat, the picture of the young girl had been indelibly stamped on his mind.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
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