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 nose glasses," she recalls, "and looked more like a professor than he does now."
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
Pale and unsmiling, he signed; "Judge" Hull, scowling, affixed his nose glasses and signed after him.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took off his nose glasses, polished them very hastily, fumbled for a while with his cord, and then put them on again.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
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