nose glasses
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of nose glasses
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
On the man's head he has drawn nose glasses, bunny ears and a hat with an arrow through it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pale and unsmiling, he signed; "Judge" Hull, scowling, affixed his nose glasses and signed after him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Shaw beamed through nose glasses, brushed her hair straight back, dressed in a modified Edwardian style, wore and advocated short skirts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that I really need them, but I wear nose glasses when reading: to save my eyes, of course.
From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr
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